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DESCRIPTION. 



CIX. E. Guilfoylei Maiden. 



Ik Journal oC the Western Australian Natural History Society, vol. iii (January, 

 1911). 



Following is the original description : — 



Arbor alius, cortico fibrosa, ligno pallido et fissile. 



Foliis juvenibus tenuis, glabris, pallidioribus inferiore latere, petiolatis, venis, lateralibus tere 

 parallelis et tenuisissimis. 



Foliis maturis coriaceis, lato lanceolatis venis lateralibus tenuibus. 



Pendunculis angularibus gemmis oporculis fere hemisphericis Flores non vidi. 



Fructibus truncatis similibus piro furmatis, aperte angularibus, vix 1 cm longis et aliquanto minis 

 maximo diametro. Margine depresso, apicibus valvularum omnino in orificio. 



A tall tree, with fibrous or stringy bark to within a few feet of the branches ; timber pale-coloured 

 and fissile. 



Seedlings. — Hypocotyl tapering very gradually into the root, crimson, like the petioles of the 

 cotyledonary leaves, and of the young axis and petioles, the cotyledonary leaves nearly reniform in shape 

 and crimson underneath. The young leaves petiolate from their earliest stages, elliptical, tapering 

 slightly into the petiole and into a terminal point, venation looped. 



Jliveuile Leaves. — Thin, glabrous, paler on the lower side, petiolate, ovate-acuminate, about 

 twice as long as broad (say, 4 by 2 inches), midrib prominent, distinctly raised on the lower surface and 

 exhibiting a slight channelling on the upper ; lateral veins nearly parallel, making an angle of about 

 130 degrees with the midrib, very fine, intramarginal vein not conspicuous and not far removed from 

 the leaf -margin. 



Mature Leaves. — Coriaceous, equally green on both sides, drying pale, nearly symmetrical, 

 broadly lanceolate, up to 6 inches long, and more commonly a quarter of that wide in the widest part, 

 with a distinct midrib and abundant fine lateral parallel veins, making about an angle of 30 degrees 

 with the midrib, scarcely visible in mature leaves, circumferential vein maiginal or very close to it, 

 oil-dots fine, the leaves not rich in oil. 



liuds and Flowers. — A profuse Uowerer. Inllorescence a compound panicle, peduncles very 

 angular. Buds in umbels up to 7 in., the head on a long flat peduncle, the buds nearly sessile, the 

 angular calyces tapering into the very short pedicels. Operculum nearly hemispherical and le.ss than 

 half the length of the calyx. 



Fruits. — Truncate pear-shaped, wilh a maiked angle a'ld frequently a second one diametrically 

 opposite to it. Barely 1 cm. long, and slightly less in greatest diameter. Rim eunk, three to four valved, 

 with the points of the valves completely suid\ wiiliiu the orifici; or approaching the same ; not seen 

 protruding. 



In honour of William Robert Guilfoyle, lat;i Director of (he Botanic (wardens, Melbourne, who, 

 wiien in otiice, actively promoled the cultivation of the especially beautiful flora of Western Australia. 



The following information has hccomc available since publication of the 

 original description : — 



Ailtlicrs. — E. Guilfoylei ; Anthers kidney-shaped, The two cells diverging 

 widely from each other, openiug in horizontal wavy alils aJonfj Iho baso of each 

 cell, i'ilamcat at base, Binall glaud at the top, u. little iu front, not vevsalile. The 

 anther sccuiis unique, so far as I Uijaw at present, 



