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DESCRIPTION. 



CCCLXXXVIII. E. urceolaris Maiden and Blakely, n.sp. 



Arbor recta 50-80 pedes? alta ; cortice sub-fibroso in truneo ; ramulis levibvis ; foliis junioribus sub-glaucis 

 elliptico-lanceolatis ; foliis maturis falcato-lanceolatis, crassis, coriaceous, alabastris pedicellatis. 



An erect tree 50-80 feet high, up to 4 feet in diameter ; bark rough, sub-fibrous on trunk and main 

 branches, smooth and ribbony on the small branches. 



Juvenile leaves sessile, ovate, cordate, or elliptical-lanceolate, thick, coriaceous, dark-green above, 

 pale beneath, 4-8 cm. x 2-4-5 cm. ; venation rather prominent on both sides ; lateral veins few and distant, 

 diverging at an angle of 40-45° with the midrib ; intramarginal vein fairly close to the edge. 



Intermediate leaves not seen in a fully developed state, petiolate, thick, coriaceous, elliptical 

 to obliquely lanceolate, slightly glaucous, 7-9 x 5 cm. ; lateral veins diverging at an angle of 30-40° to the 

 midrib ; intramarginal vein distant from the edge. 



Mature leaves petiolate, lanceolate to obliquely-lanceolate, fairly thick, 8 x 20 cm., conspicuously 

 veined on both surfaces, and with somewhat prominent revolute margins, the midrib scarcely prominent ; 

 lateral veins rising at an angle of 35-40° to the midrib. The venation is irregular, in some leaves a few 

 of the veins are somewhat longitudinal. 



Inflorescence in axillary umbels or forming short panicles, or the umbels bifurcate and sometimes 

 deflcxed; peduncles slender, semi-terete, up to 12 mm. long. Buds pedicellate, up to fifteen in the umbel, 

 cylindroid-rostrate. Calyx-tube urceolate to campanulate, the rim slightly reflexed, 4-5 x 3 mm. ; 

 operculum rostrate, up to 6 mm. long. Filaments white, all antheriferous. Anthers small, reniform; 

 style subulate, rather long. 



Fruit pedicellate, urceolate, with a short, or elongated narrow neck, 7-9 x 6-7 mm., valves usually 

 deeply enclosed. The distinctly urceolate fruits readily separate it from its congeners. 



Timber pale pink, moderately light and fissile, and somewhat similar in texture to the timber of 

 E. Sieberiana. It planes well and should make excellent furniture. According to Mr. A. Murphy, it is 

 considered a good timber for heavy work and is used for sleepers 



In Part X, p. 302, attention is drawn to the urceolate fruits as follows : — 

 "Messmate." Wood of a yellowish colour ; when fresh much inclined to ring. Urceolate, 

 shape of fruit very pronounced, reminding one a good deal of those of E. trachypMoia, 

 from which it differs in almost every other respect. See fig. 8, Plate 45, Wingello 

 (J. L. Boorman). The type. The reference to fig. 8, Plate 45, is an error, fig. 6 was 

 intended. Fig. 8 is discussed at p. 304, and is again referred to in the Explanation of 

 Plates, p. 345. 



