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DESCRIPTION. 



CCCXXXVII. E. Simmondsii n.sp. 



Fi 'i.i.uw i\,, is t In- description : — 



Ajrbor ligno pallido el durabili existimato; cortice non distincte Peppermint bypi; 



foliis oitentibus vel leniter glaucis foliis primariis lanceolatis vel lato-lanceolatis e1 fere ovoideis, sessilibus 

 vel I. 'niter amplexicaulibus, venis prominentibus, foliis maturis nitentibus, coriaceis, lanceolatis petiolatis, 

 LO-15 cm. longis e1 circiter 2 cm. latis, venis lateralibus angulum circiter 30° costa media facientibus; 

 umbellis axillaribus, circiter 15 Horis, cupula conoidea, operculo hemispherico cupulam minus dimidio 

 iante. antheris Renanthers; fructibus conoideis vel turbinatis, maigine distincta colorata. 



\ moderately large tree (50 or 60 feet), timber pale and reputed durable. " Dead bark persists od 

 terns of urns! trees, but not distinctly of the Peppermint type.'' The foliage more or less glaucous, 

 and dries pale-coloured or yellowish-green. 



Juvenile leaves slightly glaucous (in some cases of a warm brown colour, with slight glaucousm ss 



along the midrib), coriaceous, from lanceolate to broadly lanceolate and almost ovate, sessile or slightly 



stem-clasping, moderately acuminate, about 1 dm. long and varying from 3 to 5 cm. in greatest width; 



i slightly glandular, venation prominent and spreading, the secondary veins making an angle of 60° 



and mure with the midrib. 



Mature leaves shiny, not glaucous, coriaceous, lanceolate, petiolatc, mostly varying from 10 to 

 15 cm. long and about 2 em. wide, acuminate, the tips slightly hooked, venation not prominent, but 

 longitudinal, that is to say, the lateral veins making an angle of 30° and less with the midrib. 



Peduncles axillary or lateral, terete or nearly so, supporting umbels of with about 15 rather small 

 dowers. Tin' pedicels absent, or very short, gradually tapering to the very short calyx-tubes. Bitds 

 clavate; not seen fully ripe; calyx-tvl^ conoid, tapering into a comparatively long pedicel. Operculun), 

 hemispherical, less than half as long as the calyx-tube, very obtuse or slightly umbonate. Stanwns inflected 

 in the bud, all perfect, the anthers small, kidney-shaped. 



Ovary Mat -topped. Fruit conoid to turbinate, and. although not seen fully ripe, with a well-defined 

 colour" d rim. 



RANGE. 



The type comes from Smithton, Tasmania, where it, was collected on 27th May, 

 1021. by the Rev. Joseph Henry Simmonds, of Auckland, New Zealand, well known 

 for bis writings on those Eucalypts which have become acclimatised in New Zealand. 

 I have great pleasure in connecting his name with this interesting species. I know 

 n< ( further localities at present. 



