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in. long, bearing 2 spreading branches at the top, each bearing 1 
or more pedicellate flowers ; receptacle hairy. Carpels 7 or less, shortly 
stipitate, roundly oval, about 4 lines long, hairy, but becoming nearly 
glabrous when ripe. Flowers not yet obtained. 
Hab.: Freshwater Creek,near Cairns, #, Cowley. 
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glabrous. Leaves prominently veined, like those of M. Huegeliana, 
axillary, about 4 in. long, quite slender, bearing a single, or, when 
forked, 2 or more flowers. Receptacle and carpels glabrous. 
) Hab. : Bellenden-Ker, at about 3,000 or 4,000 ft. elevation. I would not venture 
to name from such imperfect material were it not in the hope that a short notice 
may enable persons visiting the locality to identify the plants and collect those 
portions wanting to complete the diagnosis. 
Order LAURINEZ. 
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E. Cowleyana (n. sp.) A scrub tree usually about 70 ft. A 
height, with a somewhat smooth bark, and hardish, reddish wood. 
Brauchlets rather slender, glabrous, except the young growth. Leaves 
Ovate-lanceolate, shortly and bluntly acuminate, 2 to 21 in, long, a 
etioles about 3 lines long, quite glabrous, the primary nerves ae 
a ‘stant, the reticulation fine but prominent on both sides. ria - 
~ terminal or in the upper axils, narrow, 2 or 3 in. long, the branchiets 
