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DESCRIPTION. 



CCCXLIV. E. Herbertiana n.so. 



Mallee 15-20' altus, foliis juvenilibus ignotis; foliis niaturis obsecure viribus, crassiusculis, petiolis longis, 

 falcatis, lineari-lanceolatis. ad 23 cm. longis, circa 1-5 cm. latis; venis haud prominentibus, venis secundariis 

 e costa media 35-45° orientibus; inilorescentia paniculate, pedunculis circa 1 cm. longis, crassis; alabastris 

 ad 7, sessilibus, nitentibus, elavatis; operculo ovoideo, minus 5 mm. diametro ; antheris rnodo statu 

 immaturo notis; fructibus nitentibus minus 7 mm. diametro; leniter urceolatis, margine mediocriter 

 rotundata, valvis exsertis. 



'■' Stems 15 to 20 feet in height. Mallee-like, from a pedestal-like base, 4 to 9 inches in diameter. 

 Bark yellowish or buff-coloured, smooth, decorticating in ribbon-like strips, which hang round the trunk ; 

 branches pendulous. The tree has a resinous scent." (Gardiner.) 



Juvenile leaves unknown. 



Mature leaves of a dull green (egg-shell lustre) on both sides, not very thick, with long petioles, 

 falcate, linear-lanceolate, gradully tapering into the apex, up to 23 cm. in length, with an average width 

 of under 1-5 cm. Venation not prominent, the secondary veins making an angle of 35-45° with the 

 midrib; the intramarginal vein well removed from the edge. 



Inflorescence paniculate, each peduncle usually about 1 cm. long, rather thick, and sometimes 

 flattened, supporting up to seven sessile or nearly sessile buds. Buds shiny, clavate, the short calyx-tube 

 with two angles, operculum ovoid, under 5 mm. in greatest diameter, the commisural line distinct. Anthers 

 rather immature, opening in parallel slits, large gland at the back, filament attached half-way up, versatile. 



Fruit shiny, under 7 mm. in diameter, slightly urceolate, the rirn moderately domed, and the 

 valves well exserr. 



The type is C. A. Gardner. Xo. 1,471, 7th July. 1921. The species is intended 

 to commemorate the name of Desmond Andrew Herbert, who, during his recent 

 occupation of the post of Government Botanist of Western Australia, was distinguished 

 alike for physiological and tasonomic researches. 



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