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DESCRIPTION. 



CCXIII. E. oreades K. T. Baker. 



In Proc. Linn. Soc. N.8.W. xxiv, 596 (1899), with Plate XLIII, the fruits unripe. 

 Following is the original description : — 



A tall tree with a smooth whitish bark down to the ground, or sometimes leaving a lighter rough 

 bark 6-8 feet from the ground. 



Young leaves thin, elliptical-oval, shortly acuminate on a petiole of about an inch or more; 

 venation more distinct than on mature leaves. Mature leaves long, often 9 inches, thick, shining, dark 

 green on both sides, on rather long petioles, lanceolate, falcate, venation distinct, intramarginal vein removed 

 from the edge, lateral veins very oblique, often approaching the venation of E. coriacca A. C'unn. Oil 

 glands numerous. 



Peduncles axillary, not numerous, generally with about (5-8 flowers. Calyx-tube hemispherical 

 on a pedicel of about 2-3 lines. Operculum hemispherical, acuminate, about the size of the calyx. 

 Stamens recurved in the bud; all fertile. Anthers kidney-shaped. Ovary small, flat-top}: cd. 



Fruit hemispherical, rarely pyriform, about 3 lines in diameter, the rim thin, capsule sunk, valves 

 rarely or scarcely exserted 



[Has] a light pale-coloured, rather soft timber, fissile and not easily distinguished from that of 

 E. Siebcriana F.v.M. ("Mountain Ash") ; it should be classified amongst the "Ashes." It is quite a distinct 

 timber from " Blue Gum," E. saligna, and it is only suitable for indoor work. As its specific gravity is 

 light and the timber tough, it might be tried as a substitute for English Willow. It is largely used in the 

 sawmills on Mount Victoria, towards Jenolan (R. H. Cambage). 



A couple of years previously the tree had been described, and its correct affinity 

 indicated by Messrs. Deane and Maiden in Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxii, 713 (1897), 

 as E. Luehmanniana var. altior. The description has been transcribed at Part IX, 

 p. 288, of the present work. 



Illustrations. — Besides the original, it is figured at figs. 7a-/, Plate 44, Part IX, 

 of the present work, and H, K, L of Plate 98 of my " Forest Flora of New South Wales," 

 as E. Luehmanniana var. altior. Buds, fruits and a leaf were figured by Deane and 

 Maiden in Journ. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxii, fig. 20 (1897), as var. altior. The foliage is 

 to all intents and purposes similar to that of E. virgata (Luehmanniana), but E. oreades 

 is usually a large tree, and a photograph of it will be found (as var. altior) in Part XXVI 

 (1907) of my " Forest Flora." 



At fig. 6a, Plate 44 (repeated at fig. B, Plate 98, of my " Forest Flora of New 

 South Wales ") is depicted the juvenile leaves of E. virgata (Luehnianniana) from the 



