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DESCRIPTION. 



LXX. E. concolor, Schauer. 



Following- is the original description : — 



Arbuscula ; la?vis ; tota pallidissirne viridis ; foliis rigidulis, alternis oblongo Janceolatis, in petioluin 

 contractis, acuminatis, nitidulis ; capitulis axillaribus, 5-8 floris ; podunculo teretinsculo vel compresso, 

 petiolo breviori ; hypanthio sessili, subcampauulato ; inferne angulato, fauce brevi ampliata ; operculo e basi 

 breviter conica in acumen cornutum contractus, crassiusculum, hypanthio quadrant e longius. 



In colle calcareo prope coloniam Freemantle, Decernbri M.a. 1838 florens. Herb. Preiss. No. 225 ; 

 in glareosis porrectis regioaum interiorum Australia? rueridionali-occidentalis No. 243, sterilis. 



"Arbuscula 8-12 pedalis." Folia 4-5 poll, longa, 1-1|- poll, lata, ina;quilatera. Hypanthium 3 lin., 

 operculum 4 Hn. longum. Germen vei'tice conico emersum, 4 loculare. — Proxime affinis E. capitellata; 

 Sm., quae, habitu quidem valde similis, differt : operculo conico vix constricto, obtuso, hypanthium 

 longitudine vix aequante. (Lehmann in "Planta? Preissiana?," i, 129.) 



It will be noted that the type was collected on limestone hills near Frernantle, 

 and that it reminded the describer of E. capitellata, Sm. 



Mueller (Fragm. ii, 42) describes the species, and Bentham also does so in 

 B.F1. iii, 247. 



Mueller keeps E. decipiens and E. concolor separate in the Second Census, 

 and Luehmann (Proc. Aust. Ass. Adv. Science, vii, 532-3) keeps them apart and 

 refers to them very briefly in his " Dichotomous key": — 



Capsule raised above the rim. 



Operculum conical, flowers closely sessile, E. decipiens. 



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Operculum conical or acuminate, longer than the calyx. 

 Flowers sessile, E. concolor. 



Mueller does not figure E. concolor in the " Eucalyptographia." 

 It may be described in the following words : — 



A tree of 30 to 40 feet with a smooth bark, according to Oldfield. Usually a small tree or tall 

 shrub, with much of the aspect of E. decipiens, but coarser and more rigid in all its parts. Branchlets 

 angular. 



Juvenile leaves, similar to those of E. decipiens. 



Mature leaves, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate-acuminate, often 4 to 5 inches long, thick and 

 rigid, the fine diverging veins numerous and parallel, but scarcely conspicuous, the intramarginal one nearer 

 the edge than in E. decipiens. 



Peduncles short axillary, broad and flat but thick, each with a head of six to twelve or more 

 sessile flowers. 



Calyx-tube turbinate, thick and often angled, but otherwise smooth, about 3 lines long. 



Operculum, conical or acuminate, rather longer than the calyx-tube. 



StameuS inflected, the anthers large and white, opening in parallel slits ; a very large gland at 

 the back of each, but showing at the top and somewhat in front. The anthers quite distinct from those 

 of E. decipiens. 



Fruit globose truncate, about 4 lines diameter, contracted at the orifice, the rim broad, flat, or 

 slightly convex, the capsule sunk, but the points of the valves usually protruding. Specimens, with fruits 

 with barely protruding valves, display great similarity to the fruits of E. capitellata, Sm. 



