DESCRIPTION. 



CX XVIII. E. Deanei Maiden. 



In Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xxix, 471 (1904). 



It may be described as follows : — 



A very large tree, with smooth and sometimes almost glaucous bark, a little ribbony at the butt 

 Some tries resemble Blue or Flooded Gum (E. mdi.gvii) ;i good deal. In other cases (northern New 

 England] it forms a snarled tree up to 7 or 8* feet in diameter as seen, the scrambling branches in some 

 cases actually touching the ground. Such trees remind one of Anyophora Icmceolata. 



The gnarled trees have buttresses spreading over a large area of land, and have thin scaly or 

 ribbony bark extending a good distance up the trunk ; in others, the roughish bark extends but a short 

 distance. The trunk and branches show patches of bluish, purplish, or reddish. The rhachises are often 

 red, so are the midribs and margins. Timber red. 



On the lower Blue Mountains it goes under the name of Broad-leaved Blue Gum. In New England 

 it bears the local name of Silk}' Gum, owing to the sheen of its bark. It is also called White Gum and 

 Blue Uum. It is also known in the Glen Innes and Tenterrteld districts as Brown Gum. 



Juvenile leaves. — Broadly lanceolate to nearly ovate and orbicular, p^tiolate, acuminate, 

 intramarginal vein at some distance from the edge, lateral veins roughly pinnate, and making an angle of 

 about forty-five degrees with the midrib. 



Mature leaves. — Lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, acuminate, slightly falcate, upper surface 

 slightly shiny, lower surface dull ; intramarginal vein not far removed from the edge : the lateral veins 

 fine, numerous, and nearly pinnate. 



The tree is what bushmen recognise as a Broad-leaved Gum in comparison with other species 

 The young foliage is especially broad, shining, particularly on the upper surface, and bears some superfi" 

 resemblance to pear foliage. 



Buds. — Each umbel on a peduncle of about 1 cm., 'and consisting of four to nine buds each, with 

 pedicels of about "5 cm. Buds clavate and about -5 cm. long, calyx tube slightly ureeolate, and tapering 

 abruptly into the pedicel. The operculum hemispherical, with an umbo, and about half the length of the 

 calyx tube. 



Flowers. — Filaments cream coloured, the anthers open in parallel slits, and have a small gland at 

 the back. The filament is attached about the middle, and the anther is versatile. 



Fruits. — Small, under -5 cm., cylindroid or rarely conoid, slightly ureeolate, rim Hat, tips of th 

 valves exsert. (Type from The Valley, near Springwood, N.S.W.) 



Named in honour of my old friend, Mr. Henry Deane, for many years Engineer-in-Chief for 

 Railway Construction, New South Wales, my coadjutor in work on the genus for many years, and still rny 

 valued friend, although his official duties rendered it necessary to discontinue the partnership. 



RANGE. 



So far as is known at present, it is confined to eastern New Soutb Wales — 

 the coastal area, coastal mountains and table-lands ; it extends a short distance into 

 Queensland (northern New England). Its southern limit known at present, is about 

 Mittagong. It attains its greatest abundance and development in the northern 

 districts of New South Wales, chiefly New England and eastern slopes. 



' Plenty of trees in the Ourimliah district reach 10 or 12 feet in diameter. (A. Murphy.) 



