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DESCRIPTION. 



CCCXCVLII . E. oviformis Maiden and Blakely, n.sp. 



Arbor altiuscula; cortice levi, maculoso; foliis maturis crassiusculis, prominente venosis, lato-lanccolatis; 

 alabastris pedicellatis, 5-7 in umbella; operculo conico, calyce tubo longiore; fructu ovoideo, disco 

 prominente, valvis exsertis, 12 x 11 mm. 



A moderately large tree ; bark smooth like E. tereticornis, but lighter and with reddish patches 

 and black blotches. (J. L. King.) 



Juvenile leaves not seen. 



Mature leaves alternate, petiolate, rather thick, coriaceous, broad-lanceolate to falcate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, 7-20 x 2-3-5 cm. ; venation somewhat distinct, rather fine and distant, diverging at an angle 

 of 40-50° to the midrib ; intramarginal vein distant from the edge. 



Inflorescence in axillary umbels of 5-7 pedicellate, medium-sized flowers. Peduncle compressed, 

 strap-shaped, broader at the top, up to 17 mm. long. Buds cylindrical, scarcely acute, 10 mm. long; 

 operculum somewhat sharply conical to slightly rostrate, somewhat glandular-rugose, longer than the 

 small, slightly angular, calyx-tube. Pedicels quadrangular, 5-7 mm. long. Anthers versatile, opening 

 in long parallel slits, and with a large dorsal gland. 



Fruit nearly ovoid or mallet-shaped, 12x11 mm., with a broad, thick disc extending well over the 

 short exsert, deltoid, valves, and with a clearly defined calycine ring ; the rather long pedicel more or less 

 quadrangular. 



Timber reddish, but not so deep a red as E. tereticornis. It appears to be close-grained, hard and 

 interlocked. 



RANGE. 



It is known only from Metung, Victoria (J. L. King, August, 1909). Only one 

 tree observed by Mr. King. When I received the specimen I made tbe following note :— 

 " I think a Eucalyptus hybrid in which probably the small-fruited globulus plays a 

 part." In 1912 I was of the opinion that it was a transit form of E. Maideni, and 

 depicted it as such in Crit. Rev., Part XVIII, Plate 80, figs. 12a, 126. We now agree 

 that it is more closely allied to E. tereticornis than any other species known to us, and 

 that it may be a natural hybrid between E. tereticornis and E. paradoxa. 



