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DESCRIPTION. 



CCCXC VII. E. paradoxa Maiden and lilakely, n sp. 



Gum altiuscula; corticc lovi, maculoso praeter basin trunci ; foliis junioribus glaucis, ovato vel lato- 

 lanceolatis ; foliis maturis atro-viridibus, falcato-lanceolatis ; alabastris 3-7 in umbellis axillaribus, 

 levibus; operculo lato-conico ; fructu sub-globoso ; disco promiuente ; valvis crassis, cxscitis, 10 x 11 mm. 



A moderately large Gum tree ; bark smooth, except at the base. 



Juvenile leaves broad, glaucous, somewhat similar to those of E. Maideni. 



Adult leaves lanceolate to falcate-lanceolate, coriaceous, with long petioles, 10 to over 20 cm. 

 long, 1-5-5 cm. broad ; venation distinct, the midrib raised on the lower surface, forming a shallow channel 

 above ; lateral veins very irregular, usually wavy or rarely straight, somewhat numerous, spreading at an 

 angle of 35-45° with the midrib ; intramarginal vein usually conspicuous and well removed from the 

 margin, which gives the leaf a somewhat triplinervcd appearance. 



Inflorescence in axillary umbels of 3-7 pedicellate flowers, the centre one on longer pedicels than 

 the lateral ones. Common peduncle compressed-angular, up to 20 mm. long, 3-4 mm. broad. Buds 

 shortly clavate, acute, or the operculum sharply conical, minutely glandular-rugose, but not warty, 10-12 

 x 6 mm. Calyx goblet-shaped, thin, about the same length as the operculum; pedicels quadrangular 

 4-5 mm. long. 



Fruit mallet-shaped to sub-globose, rather thick, pedicellate, 10 x 11 mm., the rim somewhat 

 sharp and oblique, with a rather large capsular disc which extends nearly halfway over the strong, deltoid, 

 slightly exsert, valves ; the calycine portion smooth, or sometimes unicostate. 



Timber. — "Has a yellowish, inclining to light-brown chip, very much like E. globulus " (J. L. 

 King). Probably a good timber. 



Illustrations. — Buds and fruits are depicted on Plate 80, figs. 10a, 106, and 11, under E. Maideni. 



RANGE. 



So far it is known only from Metung, Victoria. " A large tree, lias a bark like 

 E. globulus (E. bicostata), but not so light in colour, in fact it seems half way between 

 E. tereticornis and E. globulus," Metung (J. L. King). Tree by the Waterhole at the 

 60 acres, Metung (A. W. Howitt). 



AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. Maideni F.v.M., from which it differs in the shape of the buds, which 

 are more angular with a sharp calycine rim. 



The operculum is also conoid, not dome-shaped and apiculate and warty like 

 E. Maideni. The fruit is also less truncate and more subglobose, and abruptly tapers 

 into a long, quadrangular pedicel. It is also non-glaucous, except the juvenile leaves. 



