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DESCRIPTION. 



CLIII. E. punctata DC. 



In Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC. Prod.), iii, 217, 1828. 



Operculo eonico cupula? longitudine, pcndunculis axillaribus subterminalibus petiolo brevioribus 

 pedicellisque ancipitibus, foliis oblongis basi attcnuatis apice acuminatis subtus punctatis et nervo margiui 

 parallelo cinctis. 



In Nova-Hollanda, Sieb. plant exs. nov.-holl. n. G23. Folia distinctius marginata quam prioris. 

 Operculum nullo modo constrictum. Umbellae 4-8 florae. Puncta paginae infer, folii minima nigricantia. 

 Folia 3 poll, longa 7-8 lin. lata, petiolo 7-8 lin. longo. (v.s.) (DC. Prod, iii, 217). 



It is figured by the same author at Plate 4 of " Memoire sur la Famille des 

 Myrtacees" (Tome ix, Mem. Soc. Phys. et Hist. Nat. de Geneve, 1842). The figure is not 

 a very good one, being of a twig in bud. 



De Candolle's description is translated by Don in the following words : — 



Lid of calyx conical, longer than the cupula ; peduncles axillary at the tops of the branches, shorter 

 than the petioles, and are, as well as the pedicels, two-edged : leaves oblong, attenuated at the base 

 acuminated at the apex, dotted beneath, and girded by a nerve, which is parallel to the margin. 



Operculum not constricted in any way. Umbels 4-8 flowered. Dots on the under surface of the 

 leaves blackish. Leaves 3 inches long and 7-8 lines abroad- (General History of the Dichlamydeous 

 Plants (Don) ii, 818.) 



These blackish dots are almost invariably present, but often the aid of a lens 

 is required to see them properly. 



They are. however, not characteristic of E. punctata, being often present in 

 E. resinifera, and perhaps another indication of the closeness of the affinity between 

 these two species. 



It was not described by Bentham as a separate species. He looked upon it as 

 a variety (brachycorys) of E. tereticomis. 



It was described and figured by Mueller in the following words : — 



Branchlets. — Robust and very angular. 



Leaves. — Scattered, elongate or sickle-shaped lanceolar, of thin consistence, beneath slightly 

 paler and there not shining : the lateral veins numerous, very subtle, and much spreading, the circum- 

 ferential vein close to the edge: oil-dots numerous, imperfectly transparent; umbels axillary and 

 solitary, or, at the summit of the branchlets paniculated : their stalks broad and strongly compressed, 

 bearing generally from three to ten flowers. 



Calyx-tube. — Almost scmiovate or nearly hemispherical, merging gradually into an angular, 

 rather thick, stalklet, of about the same or greater or lesser length. 



Operculum. — Scmiovate conical, as long as the tube or somewhat longer. 



SI aniens.— All fertile'. infiVxed before expansion: anthers almost oblong, but upwards broader, 

 opening with Longitudinal parallel slits. 



Stigma. — Not or hardly broader than the style. 



Fruit. Nearly semiovate, three or oftener four, rarely five-celled, uoi large nor angular, rim 

 finally rather broadish, fiat, or convex, valves short, deltoid, at last oxserted or convergent from the rim. 

 (Mueller, in " Bucalyptographia.") 



