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DESCRIPTION. 



CXII. E. micranthera F.v.M. 



In Bentham's Flora AmtraMenus iii, 213 (I860). 



Only one indubitable specimen being known, and tbat only in bud and flower (see 

 Plate 85), I take the unusual course of rccopying a Flora AustraUemis description, 

 as I desire to give every facility to my readers to be on the lookout for additional 

 material. 



A shrub cf G to 10 feet, with a smaath b.irk (Maxwell). Leavis oblong-lanceolate, acuminate or 

 almost obtuse, 2 to nearly 4 inches long, very thick and smooth so as wholly to conceal the veins. 

 Peduncle* very short, often flattened, with thr. e to six flowers like those of E. uncinala or E. oleosa, 

 b.it larger. Calyx-tub;) turbinate, 2 to nsirly 3 lines long, tapering into a very short thick pedicel or almost 

 sessile. Operculum very obiuse and shorter than the calyx-tuba Stamens inflected sometimes almost as 

 acutely so as in E. corynocalyx and E. uncinala, but the filaments not so fine and the anthers very minute, 

 with parallel contiguous cells. Ovary flat-top[ed. Fruit globose-truncate 4 to 5 lines diameter, 

 somewhat contracted at the orifice, the rim broad, flat or slightly concave, the capsule very slightly sunk. 

 (B.F1. iii, 218.) 



The remarkable and apparently unique anther may be described as follows : — 

 Small anther, globular in shape, opening in lateral pores, gland on the top. 

 Filament broad and angular, slightly ribbed transversely, half as wide as the anther. 



RANGE. 



It is confined, so far as is known at present, to Western Australia. Bentham 

 quotes Sandy hummocks, from Israelite Bay to Eyres' Relief, Maxwell, these being 

 localities on the south coast towards South Australia. 



Following is a copy of the label in Maxwell's handwriting " White sand 

 patch, 25 (miles sic) from the cliffs. Shrubs, bark smooth." 



There is a specimen of "a white Gum, sandy scrub land, Serpentine River, 

 W.A.," in the Melbourne Herbarium, which was referred to this species by Mueller 

 himself, but I think it differs from the south coast specimens. The Serpentine 

 River is a few miles south of Perth. 



