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DESCRIPTION. 



CCCLXXXIX. E. Callanii Blakely. 



In Proc. Roy. Soc. N.S.W., lxi, 1927, p. 160. 



Strimjybabk gracilis, 20-50 pedes alta; folia juvenilia lata, oblique-ovata, breviter, petiolata, venulosa; 

 folia matura nitida, angusta vel lato-lanceolata, venulosa ; gemmse ovoido-elavata, operculo conico, tubo 

 ealvcis obconico ; antherce rcniformos ; capsular pediccllatse, hemisphsericse, 5x5 mm., valvis brcvissimis 

 deltoidcis in apertura inclusis. 



A slender Stringybark, 20-50 feet high; juvenile leaves broad, obliquely-ovate, shortly petiolate, 

 venulosc ; adult leaves glossy, narrow to broad-lanceolate, venulose ; buds ovoid-clavate, operculum conical, 

 calyx-tube obconical; anthers reniform; fruit pedicellate, hemispherical, 5x5 mm., the very short 

 deltoid valves enclosed in the orifice 



A slender Stringybark, with a rather flat, flaky-fibrous bark on the trunk, and a moderately smooth 

 bark on the branches. 



Juvenile leaves not seen in the very earliest stage, glabrous, and not stellate-hairy as in 

 E. eugenioides, obliquely ovate, shortly petiolate, coriaceous, light green and somewhat rough, with 

 prominent veins and vcinlets, 4-8 cm; long, 2-5-5 cm. broad, lateral veins somewhat irregular and bifurcate, 

 diverging at an angle of about 50-60° with the midrib. Intramarginal vein undulate and usually distant 

 from the edge. 



Intermediate leaves alternate, broad-lanceolate to obliquely lanceolate on rather slender, 

 channelled petioles, 6-16 cm. long, 3-5 cm. broad. Venation prominently raised on the lower surface, 

 the lateral veins few and distant, the lower veins usually somewhat semi-longitudinal and sometimes 

 uniting with the intramarginal vein about half-way up the lamina, diverging at an angle of 20-30° with the 

 midrib ; intramarginal vein 3-5 mm. from the edge, the intervening space usually strengthened by a 

 secondary marginal nerve. 



Adult leaves alternate, petiolate, lanceolate, aequilateral or nearly so, slightly viscid and glossy 

 on both surfaces, rather flat, 4-15 cm. long, 1-3-5 cm. broad, distinctly veined on the lower surface, obscure, 

 veined on the upper; lateral veins radiating at an angle of 10-20° with the midrib. Petioles slender 

 moderately long and usually twisted. 



Inflorescence in small axillary umbels, the common peduncle subterctc, 8-12 mm. long, supporting 

 5-12 shortly pedicellate flowers Buds ovoid-clavate, acute or the operculum acutety conical, 5 mm. long; 

 calyx-tube short, obconical. Anthers reniform, the short filament adnate at the base, the broad cells 

 crowned with a large globular gland. 



Fruit- pedicellate, hemispherical to copular, the disc flat or slightly convex, darker than the calycine 

 portion, 3 or 4 celled, 5x5 mm. or sometimes larger, the very short deltoid valves scarcely exsert. Timber 

 white, inclining to be gummy, fissile. 



I have pleasure in associating this uncommon species with the name of Mr. and 

 Mrs. Albert Philip Callan, of " Grantham," Mittagong, whose kind hospitality led to 

 its discovery, as also to another new species, 



