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DESCRIPTION. 



E. foecunda, Schauer. 



Following is the original description : — • 



Fruticosa, hevis ; foliis coriaceis, altemis, anguste lanceolatis, sensim in petiolum attenuates ; in 

 acumen tenue contractis, viridibus, nitidis ; umbellis axillaribus tcrminalibusque, 5-8-floris, subpaniculatis ; 

 pcdunculo compresso, petiolum subaequante; pedicellis hypanthio continuis ct subaequalibus ; hypanthio 



(fructus) turbinate; operculo (fructibus umbellatis 31 lin. longia truncatis). In cli^ulis calcareis haud 



procul ab colonia Fremantle, Aug. M. 1839, fructifera. — Herb. Preiss. No. 231. 



Frutex 5-pedalis, ramis virgatis. Folia cum petiolo 2h poll, longa, 4-6-lin. lata, sicca tenuiter 

 reticulata, imperforata. Capsula 3-rarius 4-locularis, vertice valvis subulatis paulloque ultra marginem 

 hypanthii exsertis dehiscens. — E. radiata, Sieb. affinis (in Lehmann, PI. Preiss, i, 130). 



Aboriginal Name. — By the aborigines of the Murchison River it is known 

 as " Ooragmandce." 



SYNONYMS. 



NOTES ON THE SYNONYMS. 



Yar. loxophleba, J. G. Luehmann. 



1. E. loxophleba, Benth. 



2. E. amygdalina, Schauer non Labill. 



1. E. loxophleba. 



A tree from 10 to 30 feet high, with a rough ashy-grey fibrous bark (Oldfield), 10 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 slightly flattened, 

 each with a dense umbel of 6 to 12 flowers. Calyx tube obeonieal, 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 orifice, rarely above 3 lines long and 2 lines diameter, the rim narrow, the capsule deeply 

 sunk. 



E. amygdalina, Schau. in PJ. Preiss I, 130 (from the description given), not of Labill., E.fruticetorum, 

 F. Muell. Fragm. ii, 57 (as to W\ Australian specimens). W. Australia, (Swan River and Darling Range, 

 Collie; Drummond 2nd Coll. No. 82; York District, Preiss. n. 246 (and 248?); Murchison River and 

 Champion Ray, "York Gum," Oldfield. (B.F1. iii, 252.) 



