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DESCRIPTION. 

 CXCII. E. papuana F.v.M. 



In Papuan Plants 8 (1875). 

 Following is the original description, which is now difficult to obtain : — 



(Sect. Leioploia 1 ). Branchlets towards the summit slightly angular ; leaves scattered, short-petioled, 

 chartaceous, oblong-lanceolar. dull green, hardly oblique; their lateral veins fine, numerous, very patent; 

 their longitudinal vein close to the margin ; the oil-dots exceedingly minute, almost obliterated ; peduncles 

 axillary, short, slender, bearing an umbel or a cymous corymb of but few flowers ; calyx rather small, 

 pear-shaped, without angles, borne on a slender pedicel of nearly the same length ; the lid patellar, several 

 times shorter than the tube, almost membranous, not pointed ; anthers narrow-oblong, their parallel cells 

 opening longitudinally throughout ; fruit hemiellipsoid, its margin thin, long surpassing the valves ; style 

 only by its summit ex-ierted ; stigma not dilated, vertex of the capsule flat ; seeds wingless. 



On the mainland of New Guinea opposite to Yule Island, about 12 miles distant from the shores. 



Branchlets thin. Petioles £-§ inch long. Leaves, 3-5 inches long, not shining. Umbels deflexed. 

 Whole calyx 3-4 lines long. Fruit nearly J-inch long, about } s inch wide. 



Then follow some notes in regard to the relations of this species and E. clavigera 

 A. Cunn. and E. tessdaris F.v.M. See p. 198. 



For an admirable account of this tree as it occurs in Queensland, see Mr. Cambage's 

 note published under " Range" at p. 196. He describes the bark, timber, leaves 

 and fruit. 



See a note by myself as to recognition of E . papuana see Proc. Roy. Soc. N .S.W. 

 XLIX, 330 (1915). 



It will be observed that the leaves are short petioled (J— § inch) and oblong 

 lanceolar (in the type), that the peduncles are axillary, short, and bear few to many 

 flowers, which are disposed in an umbel or a " cymous corymb." The characters may 

 be observed from consideration of Plate 155. The leaves are variable in shape and 

 size. The juvenile leaves are broad, and approach those of E. grandifolia (see also 

 under No. 446, p. 195); the fruits are closely related to those of other members of the 

 series. 



The leaves of the type, of coastal origin, are thin and dull; those from far inland 

 localities on the mainland are thickish and very often yellowish. 



The buds are clavate and pedicellate to spheroid and nearly sessile, or with 

 pointed opercula and pedicellate. 



The fruits, while usually cylindroid, are often more or less campanulate. 



