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DESCRIPTION. 



CLXXIX. E. spathulata Hook. 



Icdnes Plantarum t. 611 (1852). 



Following is a translation :— 



Operculum cylindrical, obtuse, three times longer than the turbinate ovary, leaves linear-spathu- 

 late, somewhat acute, with little dots, peduncles short, broad, compressed, 3-5 flowered, flowers shortly 

 pedicellate. 



Hill). Swan River. James Drummond. (Suppl. Coll.. No. 20). 



Shrub entirely glabrous. Branches terete, brownish, branchlets angular. 



Leaves opposite, 2 or 3 inches long, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, attenuate at the base, green, faintly 

 one nerved, on both sides faintly punctate under the lens. 



Peduncles solitary, axillary, half an inch long, dilated, compressed, umbellate at the apex, 3-5 



flowered. 



Flowers shortly pedicellate, pedicels thickened, dilated gradually into a turbinate, truncate, 

 intensely brown ovary. 



Operculum when dry, pale brown, cylindrical, obtuse, 3 times longer than the ovary, stamens 

 numerous, erect at first, afterwards spreading. 



Filaments somewhat thickened, yellowish, anthers small, style straight, of the length of 

 the stamens. 



Stigma simple. 



What follows is in English : — 



A species of Eucalyptus, not distributed, I believe, in the valuable sets lately sent to his subscribers 

 from the Swan River Settlement by Mr. Drummond, but forming part of a supplementary set transmitted 

 to the author. It is very different to any species with which I am acquainted, or can anywhere find 

 ■described. 



Thus Drummond's No. 20 (Suppl.) is the type. 



Bentham (B. Fl. iii, 236) gives a description in English and attributes Drummond's 

 3rd Coll., No. 68 to the species. 



It is not very well named, the leaves being only exceptionally and very slightly 

 spathulate. We require juvenile leaves and ripe fruit to satisfactorily understand 

 this species. We know nothing of its habit or size, nor indeed of its precise range. 



Bentham (B. Fl. iii, 236) describes it in the following words : — 



A shrub of 6 to 8 feet or rather more. 



Leaves linear, linear-lanceolate or rarely oblong-lanceolate, straight or slightly falcate, under 3 

 inches long, thick, and rigid so as wholly to conceal the veins. 



Peduncles short, axillary or lateral, flattened but usually not very broad, each with about 

 4 to 6 flowers. 



