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DESCRIPTION. 



CCKCIL E. Yarraensis Maiden and Cambage, n.sp. 



Following is the original description : — 



Arbor formoe modica?. Cortex trunci et ramorum breviter fibratus. 



Folium maturum. — Undulatum, nitens, paulo obliquum, late lance olatum. Systema vcnarum 

 lucida, difiusa ; angulus venis secundariis cum costa centrali factus circiter 30° ; vena intra marginem 

 satis magno intervallo a labro est. 



FlOVCS. — Modus florescere paniculatus, umbellse cum paivis tribus ad quinque floribus qui in 

 pedunculis et pediculis gracilibus geruntur. Et operculum- tubus-que calycis conoidales, cum linca maxirra 

 dimctientc infra quinque mm. Antherae aperientes in fissuris parallelis. 



FructllS. — Linea dimentiens infra sex mm.; in forma hemisphaerii ; valvularum apices (trcs ant 

 quatuor) clare exserti. 



. A leafy tree of medium size, branches and branchlets terete and pendulous, the bark shortly fibrous 

 (woolly) on the trunk and branches (RhytiphJoiae). Timber pale. 



Leaves not seen in their earliest stage, but the lowest leaf in Plate 211 probably closely resembles 

 the juvenile leaf. 



Mature leaf. — Undulate, shining, equally gieen on both sides, thinnish, petiolate, somewhat 

 oblique, broadly lanceolate, terminating at the apex in a blunt poiut. gradually tapering at the base into 

 a petiole of about 2cm. The length of the leaves is under 1 dm., with the greatest average width of 2-3 cm. 

 Venation distinct, spreading, the secondary veins making an angle with the midrib of about 30 degrees, the 

 intramarginal vein at a considerable distance from the edge, and looped, meeting the tips of the secondary 

 veins. 



Flowers. — Inflorescence paniculate, the umbels of 3-5 flowers being supported by slender peduncles 

 of about 5 mm. supporting pedicels of half that length. The buds symmetrical, both operculum and calyx- 

 tube conoid, the greatest diameter under 5 mm. Anthers opening in parallel slits, a large gland at the back, 

 versatile; filaments creamy-white. . • 



Fruits. — Small, under 6 mm. in diameter, hemispherical, tapering abruptly into the pedicels, rims 

 narrow, the tips of the valves (3 or 4) distinctly exseit. 



RANGE. 



Valley of the Yarra, near Healesville, Victoria (R. H. Cambage, No. 4340, 

 January, 1921). The type. It will probably be found to occur moderately extensively 

 in Victoria, and perhaps also in Tasmania, when its relations to other species are 

 understood. 



