DESCRIPTION. 



CCCLXXXVII. E. pseudo-piperita Maiden and Blakely, n.sp. 



Arbor 20-40 pedes alta; cortex caulinus persistens. sub-fibrosus ; cortex ramorum glaber ; folia juvenilia 

 ovato-lanceolata, alternata, breviter petiolata, pallidc viridia ; folia matura altemata, pctiolata, lanceolata 

 vol oblique-lanceolata, 5-10 x 1-3-4-7 cm.; gemmse clavatse, acutse, pedicellatse; umbellse florum axillaicB; 

 antherse reniformes; capsula? globulares, sessiles vel breviter pedicellatse, 6-7 x 6-7 mm. 



A tree 20 to over 40 feet high ; bark persistent on trunk, and intermediate between a Stringybark 

 and the Peppermint type, smooth and ribbony on the branches ; branchlcts quadrangular, but soon 

 becoming terete. 



Juvenile leaves not seen in the earliest stage, shortly petiolatc, alternate, ovate to broadly- 

 lanceolate, light green on both sides, 6x4 cm. ; venation penninerved, moderately distinct ; lateral veins 

 diverging at an angle of 30-40° to the midrib ; intramarginal vein distant from the edge. 



Intermediate leaves alternate, petiolate, broadly lanceolate to obliquely lanceolate, 11x5 cm., 

 light green on both surfaces ; lateral veins distinct, diverging at an angle of 40-45° to the midrib ; intra- 

 marginal vein distant from the edge. 



Mature leaves alternate, petiolate, lanceolate to obliquely lanceolate, somewhat thick, not very 

 aromatic, 5-10 cm. long, 1-3-4-7 cm. broad. Venation penninerved, the midrib somewhat obscure above, 

 distinct beneath ; lateral veins spreading at an angle of 40-45° with the midrib ; intramarginal vein 

 usually close to the edge. 



Inflorescence in axillary umbels, but sometimes forming short panicles ; peduncles compressed, 

 6-10 mm. long, about 1-5 mm. broad. Buds up to 14 in the head, somewhat clavate, acute, very shortly 

 pedicellate, 5-6 mm. long, the pedicels somewhat variable in length and thickness. Calyx funnel-shaped, 

 rather thick ; operculum acutely conoid, about as long as the calyx-tube. Filaments very slender ; anthers 

 reniform, white, with broad cells and a small terminal gland. 



Fruit globular or nearly so, sessile, or very shortly pedicellate, truncate, thick, 6-7 x 6-7 mm. ; the 

 disc small, forming a flat ring around the top of the orifice, 4-celled, the partitions extending nearly to the 

 disc ; valves small, enclosed. 



RANGE. 



In the present state of our knowledge it appears to be confined, to a small coastal 

 strip between Sydney and Oatley. The following are tbe localities : — Oatley (J. H. 

 Camfield, April, 1901); Hurstville (same collector, July, 1897). The fruits are depicted 

 on Plate 45, fig. 7c. The bark is more fibrous than that of the typical E. piperita, and 

 is more like the Stringybark type. In part X, p. 305, the above specimen is referred to as 

 follows : — " At Oatley, George's River, near Sydney (J. EL Camfield), we have a form 

 apparently normal piperita in every respect, except that the fruits are very coarse and 

 large, thick-rimmed, and nearly pilular. They certainly show affinity to E. pilularis. for 

 which the fruits can be readily mistaken. I would call them an intermediate form." 

 Taronga Park (A. S. Le Souef, D. W. C. Shiress). Co-type. La Perouse (J. L. Boorman). 

 The fruits are thinner than the above specimen, but they are not fully matured. 



