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DESCRIPTION. 



E. fcecunda, Schauer. 



FoLLOWiN'G is the original description : — 



Fruticosa, liievis ; foliis coriaceis, alternis, anguste lanceolatis, sensim in petiolum atteiiuatis ; in 

 acumen tenue contractis, ^-iridibus, nitidis ; innbellis axillaribus terminalibusque, 5-8-floris, subpaniculatis ; 

 pedunculo compresso, petiolum suba>quante ; pedicellis hypanthio continuis ct sub.vqualibus ; hypanthio 



(fructus) turbinate; operculo (fructibus umhellati.s 3| lin. longis truncatis). In cli^ulis calcareis baud 



procul ab colonia Fremantle, Aug. M. 1839, fructifora. — Herb. Preiss. No. 2-31. 



Frutex 5-pedalis, rami.s virgatis. Folia cum petiolo 2| poll, longa, 4-C-lin. lata, sicca tcnuitcr 

 reticulata, imperforata. Capsula 3-rai-ius 4-locularis, vertice \-alvis subulatis paulloque ultra niargiiiem 

 hypantbii exsertis deliiscens. — E. rudiata, Sieb. aftinis (in Lchmann, PL Preiss, i, 130). 



Aboriginal NjUJIO, — By the aborigines of the ^Nturchison lliver it is known 

 as " Oovagmandeo." 



SYNONYMS. 



NOTES ON THE SYNONYiMS. 



Yar. loxophleba, J. G. Luehmann. 



1. E. loxophleba, Benth. 



2. E. amijgclalina, Schauer non Labill. 



1. E. loxophleba. 



A tree from 10 to 30 feet liigli, ^\■ith a rough ashy-grej- fibrous bark (Oldfield), 40 to 45 feet, the 

 bark separable in layers (Preiss). Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, narrow, and often 4 to .5 inches long, or 

 the lower ones shorter and broader, all rather rigid with very oblique, rather distant and prominent veins, 

 the intramarginal one distant from the edge. Peduncles axillary or lateral, terete or slightlj- flattened, 

 each with a dense umbel of 6 to 12 flowers. Calyx tube obconical, 2 to 2i or rarely nearly 3 lines long, 

 tapering into a short pedicel. Operculum hemispherical or obtusely conical, shorter than the calyx tube. 

 Stamens scarcely exceeding 2 lines, inflected in the bud, the filaments usually .dark coloured in the dry 

 specimens ; anthers small, with parallel distinct cells. Fruit narrow-obovoid, truncate, straight or slightly 

 contracted at the oi-ifice, rarely above 3 lines long and 2 lines diameter, the rim narrow, the capsule deeply 

 sunk. 



E. amijgdaJinit, Schau. in PL Preiss I, 130 (from thcdescriptinn given), not of Labill., E./ruticetoruiu, 

 F. Muell. Fiagm. ii, 57 (as to W. Australian specimens). W. Atistralitj, Swan River and Darling Range, 

 Collie ; Drummond 2nd Coll. No. 82 ; York District, Preiss. n. 246 (and 248 ?) ; Murdiison Hi^*"!' anfl 

 Champion Bay, "York Gum,'' Oldfield. (B.Fl. iii, 252.) 



