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DESCRIPTION. 



CCLXXXVI. E. Mundijongensis Maiden. 



In Joura. Boy. Soc, N.S.W., xlvii, 225 (1913). 



FoLLOTVixG is the original description : — 



Arbor alta, Corfces basi trunci dura et secedens. Rami tcrctes. Lignum pallidum. Folia 

 circiter 1-5 cm. longa et 2 cm. lata, angusto-lanceolata, leniter falcate, nitentia, concoloria, crassa.coriacea, 

 patiolata, p3nmveiiiis parum conspicuis. Alabastri in apicem acutati, clavati. Operculum in apicem 

 acutatum circiter dimidio calycis tubo aequilongum. Flores non vidi. Fructus fere sessiles, cylindroidci, 

 circiter 1-5 cm. longi et -7-5 cm. diametro, margine angusta et sulcata. Yalvarum apices sub orificio valde 

 depressi. 



A tall tree, about 80-100 feet high, and 5 feet in diameter about 4 feet from the ground. The 

 trunk of the only specimen known at present leans somewhat and divides into two main branches 

 of approximately equal diameter at about 25 feet from the ground. 



Bark. — "Fine adherent bark at base, top clean" (Dr. Cleland). Specimens af the bark forwarded 

 by Mr. H. M. Giles and also by Mr. Wallace, are hard, flaky, breaking off in long woody strips. Bark of 

 smaller branches smooth, but exhibiting exfoliation. It has a good deal in common with the Peppermint 

 barks of the East-ern States (e.g., E. piperita, Sm.). 



Timber. — Pale coloured. 



Juveuile leaves. — Coarse, thick, coriaceous, moderately shiny, equally green on both sides, 

 petiolate, venation not very prominent, somewhat spreading at the base in some specimens, in others at an 

 angle of about 60° to the midrib, and roughly parallel. Intramarginal vein not conspicuous, ard 

 somewhat removed from the edge. Size of leaves seen by me about 12 cm. long and 5 broad. 



Mature leaves. — Narrow lanceolar, somewhat falcate, shiny, equally green on both sides, 

 thiokish, coriaceous, patlolate, venation inconspicuous and penniveined, margins thickened, and the fine 

 intramarginal vein not close to the edge. Leaves seen by me about 1-5 cm. long, and 2 broad. 



Bais. — ^Not seen perfectly ripe. Pointed clavate, slightly angular, the operculum pointed, very 

 slightly exceeding the calyx-tube in diameter, and about half as long as the same. Each half ripe bud 

 about 1 cm. long with a pedicel of half that length, apparently three to seven buds in the umbel, with a 

 strap-shaped peduncle of 1-5-2 cm. Flowers not seen. 



FruUs. — With short peduncles to nearly sessile, cylindroid, about 1-5 cm. long, and about half 

 that Ln diameter, with a thin, grooved rim, valves three or four, and the tips well sunk below the orifice. 



