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DESCRIPTION. 



CDIII. E. Kochii Maiden and Blakely, n.sp. 



Arbor parva gracilis ; cortex glaber ; ramuli subcompressi sed mox teretes ; folia juvenilia nondum visa ; 

 folia matura alternata, petiolata, lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, nonnunquam uncinate, 3-8-5 cm. long, 

 5-9 mm. lata, venis obscuris; inflorescentia formans umbellas 3-6 florum pedicellatorum ; gemmae 

 cvlindricae, 5-6 mm. longae. Platyantherae; capsulae late uTceolate, 7x6 mm., valvis subulatis plerumque 

 inclusis. 



A small, slender tree; bark smooth ; branches terete, covered with a smooth reddish bark which 

 decorticates in small, thin, scaly pieces, leaving the branches smooth and pink. 



Juvenile leaves not seen. 



Mature leaves alternate, petiolate, linear-lanceolate, acuminate or uncinate, flat, moderately thick, 

 gradually attenuated at the base into a slender, shortish petiole, 3-8-5 cm. long, 5-9 mm. broad. Venation 

 obscure, only the median nerve visible without the aid of a lens, very fine and slightly channelled 

 on both surfaces, as is usually the case with nearly all the interior or sand-plain species. 



Inflorescence consisting of small axillary umbels, on short, slightly compressed peduncles, usually 

 shorter than the buds, supporting 3-6 pedicellate flowers. Buds cylindrical, 5-6 mm. long, the operculum 

 narrow-conical, obtuse or nearly so, thin, smooth, slightly longer than the pale-coloured campanulate 

 calyx-tube. Filaments inflected in the bud, very long, except a few of the inner ones, which scarcely 

 exceed the attenuated style ; stigma very small, da'rk-coloitred. Anthers (Platyantherae) rather large, 

 the cells broad and globular when fully expanded. 



Fruit pedicellate, broadly urceolate, truncate, thick, slightly rugose, 7x6 mm., 3-4 celled, with very 

 fine subulate valves which sometimes slightly protrude beyond the contracted orifice. 



Illustrations.— It is depicted, under E. oleosa, as a form, in this work, Part XV, 

 Plate 66, figs. 2a, 2b, 2c. 



RANGE. 



It is known only from Watheroo rabbit fence, Western Australia (Max Koch, 

 Nos. 1608, 1990, 1990a, September, 1905). 



It is named in honour of the late Mr. Max Koch, who for more than thirty years 

 took a very keen interest in the flora of South and "Western Australia, and distributed 

 specimens to the leading herbaria in different parts of the world. He died in 1925. 



AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. oleosa F.v.M. 



It appears to differ from E. oleosa in habit and also in the bark, as well as in the 

 narrow leaves, which dry a very pale colour, in the different shaped buds, and in the 

 urceolate fruits. 



2. With E. Grasbyl see page 40. 



