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DESCRIPTION. 



CXXXV. E. parvifolia Cambage. 



In Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxxiv, 336 (1909), with two plates. 



Following is the original description : — 



Arbor parva, umbrosa, alta pedes viginti trigintave (raro quadraginta), trunci diametro unciarum 

 duodecim ad duodeviginti. Folia lenera ovata noc longiora una uncia, opposita, decussata, superficie 

 iaferiorc pallida, nee alia plerumque folia sunt arboribus minoribus quam decern ad duodecim pedes. Folia 

 matura lineali-lanceolata ad ovato-lanceolata, longa uncias duas et dimidium, saepe opposita, plerumque 

 adunca ad extremum. Gemmae sessiles, parvae, operculo conicali ad obtusum, breviore quam calycistubus 

 pedunculis axillaribus, planatis saepe oppositis longis circiter unam lineam. Florcs in umbella quinque 

 sexve, raro septem. Antheris versatilibus mediocri magnitudine, cellis fere parallelis, paulo latioribus 

 ad imum glande parva. Fructus globoso-truncatus, diamctro raro plus quam duarum linearum, interdum 

 contractior ad orificium, valvis non exsertis. Cortex levis, colore cincreo vel plumboso. Materia colore 

 roseoi, mollis et fragilior. 



A small umbrageous tree reaching 20-30 feet high, rarely 40 feet, with stem-diameter of 12-18 inches. 



.1 uveilile Leaves. — Ovate, under 1 inch long, opposite, decussate, under side pale, usually the only 

 foliage on trees up to 10-12 feet high. 



Mill lire Leaves. — Linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, up to 21 inches long, often opposite, the 

 tips usually hooked. 



liuils. — Sessile, small, the operculum conical to obtuse, shorter than the calyx-tube, peduncles 

 axillary, flattened, often opposite, about 1 line long. 



Flowers. — Five or six in umbel, rarely seven. Anthers versatile, of medium size, the cells nearly 

 parallel, rather broader at the base, small gland. 



Fruits. — Globular-truncate, rarely exceeding 2 lines in diameter, sometimes slightly contracted at 

 the orifice, valves not exscrted. 



Uark. — Smooth, dull grey to lead colour. 



Timber.-— Pale pink, soft and rather brittle. 



RANGE. 



It io av present only known from the locality whence the type was obtained, 

 viz., flat land near the head of the Kybean River, Nimitybelle, in the Monaro, N.S.W., 

 a very bleak situation at an elevation of about 3,500 feet. 



