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DESCRIPTION, 



CCVIII. E. celastroides Turczaninow. 



In Bull, Phys. Math. Acad. Petersb., Vol. x, p. 338 (1852). 



See Part III, p. 79, for a copy of the original Latin description, and the following 

 (hitherto unpublished) translation into English will be useful : — 



Drumniond's 5th Collection (Nc. 34). Glabrous, branches terete, subangular in the upper part; 

 leaves alternate linear-lanecolatc, narrowed at both ends, suddenly and shortly acuminate, somewhat 

 inequilateral, marginatc, indistinctly 3-nerved and veined; umbels axillary, 3-6 flowered; peduncles 

 angular, about as long as the patiole, three times longer than the pedicels, and slightly longer 

 than the calyx tube; calyx tube obconical, 4-ribbed, four times as long as the depressed hemispherical 

 operculum. Leaves 2 inches long or a little longer, 3-3J lines broad, covered with opaque dots sometimes, 

 at others with blackish, and at other times with rather few pellucid ones; petiole almost 3 lines long. 

 Filaments white. The fruiting calyx slightly enlarged, slightly constricted near the orifice. Capsule 

 included, vertex smooth, 4-cellcd. It is clcse to the description of E. amygdalina Labill., in many things, 

 but I see no reticulation in the leaves, the leaves are shorter, the operculum depressed and not subcorneal, 

 perhaps also the form of the operculum distinguishes it fr.om others. E. (c) neorifolia and E. stricta differ 

 in having sessile flowers E. fallens in having compressed peduncles and leaves 5 inches long. E. dbtusiflora 

 ccc state calyx-tubes. 



It is figured at Plate 10, Part III of the present work, so that an additional 

 figure (except of the sucker leaves) is unnecessary. These sucker leaves will be found 

 at fig. 8, Plate 1 63. They are glaucous, thickish, broadly lanceolate, and markedly 

 triplinerved. 



Then we have (translation), " This species, with its minute flowers and very short operculum, is 

 quite distinct. There may be added to the original description : — A tree up to 20 metres (65 feet) in height 

 the bark handsome, ash-coloured, rough, when young smooth, whitish-ash coloured or shining reddish 

 primary leaves opaque white-glaucescent, distinctly 3-nerved, broader than the adult shining ones,' 

 (Diels and Pritzel, in Engler Jahrb.. Vol. 35. 438, 1905.) 



SYNONYM. 



E. ealycogona Turcz., var. celastroides Maiden; this work, Part III, p. 79 (1903). 



