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DESCRIPTION, 



XCVI. E. Preissiana, Schauer. 



In Lehmann's Tlantce P reissuance, i, 131 (1814.). 

 Following is the original description : — 



Fruticosa, ramulis quadrangularibus, rigidis : foliis firmis, oppositls subalternis/e, cllipticis oUongis 

 vel subparabolicis, petiolatis, basi rotundatis, obtusissimis, viridibus nitidis ; pedunculo axillari latissinio 

 alato-ancipiti, petiolum aequante, fcrifloro ; bypanthio brevissirne pedicellate, obconico-cyathiformi (9 lin. 



alto), fauce amplissiuia diamelro cris longitudinwn totius hypanthii aequante, operculo. . 



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Novembri a 1810 deflorata. Herb. Preiss. ISTo. 239. 



" Frutex 8-pedalis." Folia supra lucida, subtus nitida, in sieeo utrinque subtlavescenti-viridia, 

 pellucide punctata; lamina 3h- poll, longa, 1|— li poll, lata; petiolus 9 lineas circiter longus, latus, 

 complanatus, tortus. Hypanthium magnum ecostatum, ore estrorsum cicatrice duplici late marginato. 

 " Stamina sulphurea." Germen in f undo faucis hypantbii vertice depresso 5-radiato et 5-angulato 

 breviter emersum, 5-loculare. — Species inter omnes tarn habitu quam characteribus maxime insignis. 



It was then figured (flowers and very young fruit, no buds) in Hot. Mag. 

 t. 4266. 



It is described at B.E1. iii, 232, and he quoted Drummond's 3rd Coll. No. 63. 



Mueller then described it in Latin in Fragm. ii, 38, and in English, with an 

 illustration, in " Eucalyptographia." 



Notes supplementary to the Description. 



It forms spindly shrubs up to 10 feet, so far as I saw, most of them smaller. 

 Mueller says it attains a height of 15 feet. 



The vouns? leaves are decussate, or nearly so. 



It has dots on the leaves, as has E. pallkUfolia, and they are very noticeable. 

 These depressions or pits are caused by larvae of insects of the genus Aleurodes 

 (family Aleuroidese), according to Mr. W. "VY. Froggatt. 



The thick edges of the mature leaves are sometimes tinted brown. 



The opercula are rather flat, as seen by me ; double opercula are common. 



The filaments are bright yellow in colour, very few species having ihem so 

 bright. 



The numerous valves of the fruits are worthy of mention. 



