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DESCRIPTION. 



C XXL E. tetraptera, Tnrczaninow. 



In Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscow, xxii, ii, 22 (1849). 

 Following is the original description : — 



E. tetraplera. Caule rauioso glabra, cinereo, rainis teretibus raraulisque tetragonis brunneis, foliis 

 alternis pctiolatis ovato lanceolatis, marginatis, opacis, obtuse, auuminatis, basi obtusiusculis vel parum 

 attenuatis ; peclunculis solitariis unifloris recurvis, corupresso-dilatis, cupula maxima tetraptera, plus quam 

 duplo brevioribus ; pedicellis nullis operculo fcetragono-pyramidato acuto", basi orificiem cupulae sequante, 

 lateribusque pyrarnidis concavis. Alabastra cinnamomea, formas sibgularis crassa, bipollicaria, circiter 

 pollicem in diametro, pyrainide 6 lin. longa. Drum. 4, n. 17. 



It was subsequently described by Bentham in B.Fl. iii, 228, and later 

 illustrated in the " Eucalyptographia " by Mueller, but the flowers and fruits are 

 reduced in size in that work. 



The conical operculum is less iu diameter than the winged and reddish 

 calyx-tube. 



The anther is long, shaded purple in colour (which is unusual), with a gland 

 at the top, and the crimson filament at the base, 



SYNONYM. 



E. aeutangula Turcz. 

 The original description is given, as it is not easily accessible. 



51. E. aeutangula. (Drum. 5, n. 189.) 



E. glabra ; ramis tetragono-alatis ; foliis alfcernis ovato lanceolatis, basi parum attenuatis, mucrone 

 obtuso terminatis, trinerviis multiveniis lucidis crassis ; pedunculis axillaribus unifloris angulatis deflexo- 

 pendulis, petiolo compresso-tetragono brevioribus; cupula maxima (3| poll, longa, \h poll, lata) pyramidata, 

 tetragono-alata ; operculo depresso ad angulos elevato-dentato in umbonem pyramidatum tetragonum 

 obtusiusculum produefco, cupula plus quam triplo breviore. Folia 7-J-8 poll, longa, 2| poll, lata, petiolo 

 pollicari. Ramus 6 lin. crassus. Nervus foliorum medius utrinque valde elevatu*, laterales venieque 

 multo tenuiores. 



Nomen E. pruinosce, propter homonymum Schauerianum antiquius, p. 339, in E. macroealycem 

 mutetur. Turcz. in Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Peters., 10, 1852, p. 338. 



RANGE. 



It is confined to Western Australia. Bentham gives — 



" Between Swan River and King George's Sound, D r ammo net, Ahh Collection, 

 No. 71 (? 3 7), (which is the type), and 5th Collection, No. 180 (which is the type 

 of B. aeutangula Turcz.) ; Harvey ; Fitzgerald River, and Granite Hills, north cf 

 Cape Lc Grand (tli3 east cape oP Esperance Bay), Maxwell." 



