DESCRIPTION. 



CLXI. E. Seeana Maiden. 



In Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xxix, 469 (1904). 



The original description is as follows : — 



A smooth-barked tree of medium size, with blotches on the bark, most closely resembling that of 

 E. terelicornis ; sometimes with a grey smoothish bark, reminding one" of that of E. punctata and E. 

 propinqua. 



The timber is deep red in colour, and Mr. District Forester Wilshire, of Grafton, informs me that it 

 bears a high reputation for durability. He has sent me a piece of a fence post from Nymboida which has 

 been in the ground for thirty years, and which is perfectly sound. It is known locally as " Stone Gum." 



Juvenile leaves petiolate, narrow-linear and falcate, say 4 inches long and § inch wide, with 

 numerous prominent transverse veins. 



Mature leaves with long, slender petioles, the leaves attaining a length of 9 inches and more, 

 with an average width of, say, § inch ; texture rather thin, equally dull on both sides, with numerous 

 minute transverse veins ; the intramarginal vein distinct and somewhat removed from the edge of the leaf. 

 The foliage slender, graceful and drooping. 



Buds narrow, the operculum long and tapering, of the tereticornis type. The inflorescence usually 

 up to seven in the head in the axils of the leaves, the peduncle about § inch long and the pedicels about' 

 J inch in length. 



Fruit. — The peduncle and pedicel of the fruit are but slightly angular. Fruit small, nearly 

 hemispherical, its diameter about i\ inch ; the rim well defined, forming a broadish band with the top 

 of the rim truncate and the valves (three or four in the specimens seen) well exserted. 



This is a species that I have had under observation for a considerable period, but I hesitated to raise 

 it to specific rank until I had seen it in the field. 



I name this graceful and useful species in honour of Sir John See, K.C.M.G., late Premier and Chief 

 Secretary of New South 'Wales, long my respected official superior, in whose electorate (Grafton) I first 

 found it, and in which it is not rare. This tree will also perpetuate the memory of the late Lady See, who 

 always evinced a keen interest in the vegetation of the State in which she was born. 



Often (perhaps always) the individual buds have a double operculum which, 

 when it falls off, leaves a distinct scar, where the calyx-tube is of a greater diameter 

 than the operculum. 



Although in its typical form it has rather thin leaves, yet exceptionally (e.g.j 

 Burpengary, Queensland), they may be quite thick, with veins quite obscure. Some of 

 the Burpengary specimens are remarkably robust and the buds are not narrow but 

 coarse, and are described below, p. 32. The same remarks apply to the Burpengary 

 fruits, which are much coarser than those of the type. 



SYNONYM. 



E. terelicornis Sm. var. linearis Baker and Smith, " Kesearch on the Eucalypts," 

 p. 74. 



