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DESCRIPTION. 



XCVI. E. Preissiana, Schaiier. 



In Lehmann's Flauia; Freissianoi, i, 131 (1814). 

 PoLLOWiNG is the original description : — 



Fruticosa, ramulis quadrangularibiis, rigidis ; foliis firmis, oppositis subalternisve, dllpticis ol.loiigis 

 vel subparabolicis, petiolatis, basi rotuiidatis, obtusissimi.", viridibus nitidis ; pedunculo axillari latissiini) 

 alato-ancipiti, petiolum aequanto, triHoro ; hypanthio brevissime pediccllato, obcoiiico-cyathiforrai (9 liii. 

 alto), i'auce amplisbima diametro oris lon^Uudinun totius hypanthii aequanto, operculo. . . . 

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Novembii a IStO dedoratn. Herb. Preiss. No. 239. 



" Frutex 8-pedalis." Folia supra lucida, subtus nitida, in sicco utrinque sul.tlavescenti-viridia, 

 pellucide punctata; lamina 3^ poll, longa, 1}-1^ poll, lata; petiolus 9 lineas circiter longus, latus, 

 complanatus, tortus. Hypanthium magnum ecostatum, ore estrorsum cicatrice duplici late marginato. 

 "Stamina sulplmrea." Germen in fundo faucis hypanthii vertice depresso 5-radiato et .5-angulato 

 breviter emersum, 5-loculare. — Species inter omnes tarn habitu quam characteribus maxime insignis. 



It was then figured (flowers and very young fruit, no buds) in Bot. Mag. 

 t. 4266. 



It is described at B.Fl. iii, 232, and he quoted Drummond's 3rd Coll. No. 63. 



Mueller then described it in Latin in Fragm. ii, 38, and in English, with an 

 illustration, in "Eucalyptographia." 



Notes supplementary to the Description. 



It forms spindly shrubs up to 10 feet, so far as I saw, most of them smaller. 

 Mueller says it attains a height of 15 feet. 



The young leaves are decussate, or nearly so. 



It has dots on the leaves, as has E. pallidifolia, and they are very noticeable. 

 These depressions or pits are cavTsed by larvse of insects of the genus Alem^odes 

 (family Aleuroidctc), according to Mr. W. "VV. Froggatt. 



The thick edges of the mature leaves are sometimes tinted brown. 

 The opercula are rather flat, as seen by me ; double opercula are common. 

 The filaments are bright yellow in colour, very few species having Ihem so 

 bright. 



The numerous valves of the fruits arc worthy of mention. 



