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DESCRIPTION. 



CXXXV. E. parvifolia Cambage. 



In Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxxiv, 336 (1909), with two plates. 



Following is the original description : — 



Arbor parva, umbrosa, alta pedes viginti trigintave (raro quadraginta), trunci diametro unciarurn 

 duodecim ad duodeviginti. Folia tenera ovata nee longiora una uneia, opposita, deeussata, superficie 

 i rferiore pallida, nee alia plerumque folia sunt arboribus minoribus quam. decern ad duodecim pedes. Folia 

 matura lineali-lanceolata ad ovato-lanceolata. longa uncias duas et dimidium, saepe opposita, plerumque 

 adunca ad extremum. Gemmae sessiles, parvae, operculo conicali ad obtusum, breviore quam calycistubus 

 pedunculls axillaribus, planati 1 ; sjepe oppositis longis cireiter unam Uncam. Flores in umbella quinquo 

 sexve, raro septem. Antheris versatilibus mediocri magnitudine, cellis fere parallelis, paulo latioribus 

 ad imum glande parva. Fructus globoso-truncatus, diametro raro plus quam duarum linearum, interdum 

 contractior ad orificium, valvis non exsertis. Cortex levis, colore cinereo vcl plurnboso. Materia colore 

 roseoi, mollis et fragilior. 



A small umbrageous tree reaching 20-30 feet high, rarely 40 feet, with stem-diameter of 12-18 inches. 



Juvenile Leaves. — Ovate, under 1 inch long, opposite, decussate, under side pale, usually the only 

 foliage on trees up to 10-12 feet high. 



Mai lire Leaves. — Linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, up to 21 inches long, often opposite, the 

 tips usually hooked. 



Bulls. — Sessile, small, the operculum conical to obtuse, shorter than the calyx-tube, peduncles 

 axillarv, flattened, often opposite, about 1 line long. 



Flowers. — Five or six in umbel, rarely seven. Anthers versatile, of medium size, the cells nearly 

 parallel, rather broader at the base, small gland. 



Fruits. — Globular-truncate, rarely exceeding 2 lines in diameter, sometimes slightly Contracted at 

 the orifice, valves not exscrted. 



Bark. — Smooth, dull grey to lead colour. 



Timber.- Pale pink, soft and rather brittle. 



RANGE. 



It i.» a'v pfesenb only known from the locality whence the type was obtained, 

 viz., flat land near the head of the Kybsan River, Nimitybelle, in the Monavo, N.S.W. , 

 a very bleak .situation at an elevation of about 3,500 feet. 



