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DESCRIPTION. 



CCX. E. transcontinentalis Maiden. 



In 3mm. Roy. Soc. N.S.W. liii, 58 (1919). 



Arhor glr.uca mcdiocris Malice similis. Morrcl vcl Blackbutt nominate; corticc laeve, trunr-i br.d 

 lamcllis craEsis nigris ; ligno rubro duro ; foliis tencribus sessilibus vel fere 3essilibus, latc-lr.nccolr.tia V( I 

 fere ovr.tis; fcliis mr.turis potiolatis, lanccolatis, acuminatis, plerumquc circitcr 10 cm. lcngis ct 2 cm. 

 latis, vena poriphcrica a margine distinctc remota ; pedunculis teretibus vcl subangularibus 3-0 Acres 

 plusvc minusvc podiccllatos fercntibus; alabastris opsrcnlis clongatis (subconstrictis pr:.e ipue siecantibus 

 calycis tubo circiter bis aequilongis; filamcntis subflavis; fructibus urceolatis vcl sub-globe sis, circitcr 

 8 mm. diametro, valvorum apicibns subulatis exsertis. 



Looked upon as the glaucous or Eastern Gold-fields foim of the " Mori el ' 

 (E. longiccrnis). Shares the name " Blackbutt " with other Western Australian trees, 

 A medium-sized tree, say 1 foot in diameter (but it may be much smaller, like a Mallee), 

 a White Gum with blotched bark and more or less short flaky ribbons on the trunk, 

 with a little of the roughness at the butt. Colour of timber rich reddish brown and 

 very tough. A felled tree shows long tough splinters. 



Juvenile leaves glaucous, sessile or very nearly so, broadly lanceolate to nearly ovate, say 4 cnr. 

 broad by 6 cm. long, secondary veins irregularly pinnate, intramarginal vein distinctly removed from the 

 edge. 



Mature leaves glaucous, petiolato, lanceolate, acuminate, commonly about 10 cm. (4 inches) 

 long and about 2 cm. at greatest width, covered with fine dots, secondary veins not very distinct, 

 penni-vi inc-d, making an angle of about 45 degrees with the distinct midrib, intramarginal vein distinctly 

 removed fr. m the edge. 



Peduncles terete or slightly angular, each with three to nine, more or less, pedicellate flowers. 



Kuils with elongated opercula about twice as long as the calyx-tube, and which are somewhat 

 constricted, particularly on drying. The calyx-tube sometimes of a lesser diameter than the base of the 

 operculum, particularly cm drying. 



Flowei'S with yellowish filaments, the stamens inflected in the bud, anthers broad, thick, white, 

 the slits slightly oblique. 



Fruits urceolate to subglobose, about 8 mm. in diameter, truncate, a little contracted at the 

 orifice, tie rim fiat or concave, the capsule sunk, but the slender points of the valves protruding. 



The type is from Kalgoorlie. W.A., J. H. Maiden, September, 1909, in National 

 Herbarium of New South Wales, and it is abundantly figured at Part XV, Plate 66. 

 The type is shown at figures 8a-d. 



Mr. C. E. Lane-Poole, Conservator of Forests of Western Australia, informs us 

 that it bears the name of " Red- wood," but the name is not useful for various reasons. 

 At the same time, vernaculars are difficult and sometimes impossible to control. 



