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DESCRIPTION. 



LXXXIV. E. diptera, Andrews. 



Jourrt. W.A. Nat. Hist. Soc, i, 42 (1904). 



A slender tree of 10-20 feet. Branches terete, of a dark-red colour ; branchlets angular. 



Leaves on petioles of i-1 inch, linear-lanceolate, falcate, 3 inches long and \~ £ inch broad. The 

 midrib and thickened margins prominent, the reticulate veins not conspicuous, the intramarginal one close 

 to the edge. Oil glands copious. 



Flowei'S small, sessile, generally in clusters of three. 



Calyx-tllbe about 4 lines long and equally broad, the lower part flattened, and continuing to the 

 top in the form of two wings. 



Operculum fallen from all the specimens collected. 



Stamens numerous, white, about 5 lines long, acutely inflected in the bud ; anthers oblong, the 

 cells back to back. 



Ovary with conical summit ; style about 3 lines long, thick, clavate. 



Fruit not seen in advanced state. 



This species belongs to the series Normales and the sub-series Subsessiles. It does not appear to 

 have any very close ally. The shape of the calyx is very peculiar; the rim is almost circular when seen 

 from above, though the two sharp keels just appear, but the base is closely compressed, being 2-3 lines 

 long, and only £ line broad where it is attached to the branch. 



Mr. Andrews found this species in flower north of Esperance, in October. 1903. 



Notes supplementary to the Description. 



The stamens collected are very few and poor, the plant having just flowered 

 off. Therefore one must be careful in describing them and making generalisations. 

 The anthers open widely in parallel slits. There is a large gland filling up the 

 back of the anther. The two cells appear to join together, almost covering over the 

 back of the anther. The filament is attached to the base of the anther. 



RANGE. 



Mr. Andrews found it 40 or 50 miles north of Esj)e ranee, on the road to 

 Norseman, and it has not been found since. Esperance is, of course, on the South 

 coast of Western Australia, about 230 miles east of Albany. 



