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DESCRIPTION. 



CLXIV. E. Blakelyi n.sp. 



Arbor erectiuscula, mediocriter alta, cortice l'Bve, ligno nibro. Foliis juvenibus crassiusculis, pedunoulatis, 

 late ovatis vel fere ellipticis, obtusissimus, 7-10 cm. longis, 5-7 cm. latis sensim in petiolum angustatis, 

 venis obscuris, vena peripherica a margine remota. Foliis maturis lanceolatis, falcatis, acuminatis, 7-18 cm. 

 longis, 1-3 cm. latis.. costa utroque latere conspicua, venis lateralibus numerosis, obliquis, irregularibus, 

 vena peripherica a margine subremota. Pedunculis axillaribus, 1-15 cm. longis, umbellis non confertis 

 4-7 floris, pedicellis 3-7 mm. Calycis tnbo turbinato, 3-4 mm. diametro, operculo cylindro-conico. 5-10 mm. 

 longo. Antheris loculamentis parallelibus. Fructibus fere globosis vel piro similibus formatis, in pedicellum 

 angustantibus, valvis exsertis et plerumque subincurvatis. 



A moderately erect medium-sized tree with smooth, more or less blotched bark, owing to the outei 

 layer falling off in patches, timber red. 



Juvenile leaves thickish, drying a pale grey or glaucous colour in contradistinction to the olive 

 green of the mature leaves; pedunculate, broadly ovate or nearly elliptical, very obtuse, emarginate, or 

 sometimes shortly acute, 7-10 cm. long (about 3 to 4 inches), 5 to 7 cm. broad, often somewhat oblique at 

 the base, gradually tapering into the petiole. The veins often indistinct, the intramarginal one distant 

 from the edge. 



Mature leaves thickish, often somewhat shining or dull shining or glaucous, lanceolate, more oi 

 less falcate and acuminate, 7 to 18 cm. long (3-7 inches), 1 to 3 cm. broad. The mid-vein conspicuous 

 on both sides, the lateral veins numerous, oblique and irregular, the intra-marginal one at some distance 

 from the edge. 



Flowers. — Peduncles axillary, terete or slightly compressed, 1 to T5 cm. long, bearing a loose 

 umbel of 4-7 smallish flowers on pedicels of 3-7 mm. Calyx-tube turbinate, 3-4 mm in diameter, the operculum 

 cylindro-conical, straight or slightly curved, 5 to 10 mm. long. Stamens about the length of the style, 

 the inner row shorter than the outer one. Anthers small, somewhat cordate at the base, verging into 

 truncate ovate ; gland near the top, globular. 



Fruit almost globular, somewhat attenuate at the base, or gradually converging into the pedicel 

 4-5 mm. in diameter, and about as long. The rim rather small, gradually narrowed towards the valves, 

 the latter small and acute, but never spreading. The fruit, therefore, as a whole, takes on somewhat 

 of a pear-shape. 



Type.— Pilliga Scrub, 10-15 miles from Coonabarabran, towards Rocky Glen 

 (Dr. H. I. Jensen, No. 129). 



In honour of William Faris Blakely, one of my botanical assistants, who since 

 1915 has given me most intelligent assistance in my Eucalyptus work, and particular 

 aid in the elucidation of the present species. 



