DESCRIPTION. 



CCCLXXXIV. E. perplexa Maiden and Blakely, n.sp. 



Iroxbaek mediocris ; cortice obscuro, valde sulcatis ; foliis junioribus oblongis ; foliis maturis oblongis vel 

 oblongo-laneeolatis, temiibus. inconspicue venosis, petiolatis, 4-8 cm. longis, 1-2-5 cm. latis ; fnictu globose, 

 pedicellato, truncato vel valvis exsertis, 4-5 mm. 



A medium-sized ironbark; bark dark-coloured, deeply furrowed. 



Juvenile leaves, not seen in the earliest stage, oblong, obtuse. Young twigs slightly pruinose. 



Intermediate leaves, also imperfect, alternate, broadly oblong to oblong-lanceolate, usually 

 emarginate, 4-9 cm. Jong, 2-3 cm. broad, shortly petiolate. 



Adult leaves alternate, petiolate, oblong to lanceolate, often somewhat obtuse or minutely 

 apiculate, 4—8 cm. long, 1-5-2-5 cm. broad. Venation obscure, the midrib slightly raised beneath, flat 

 or very faintly furrowed above; lateral veins very fine, diverging at an angle of 35-45° with the midrib; 

 intramarginal vein very close to the revolute margin, or confluent with it. 



Inflorescence forming small axillary or terminal panicles. Buds not seen. 



Fruit sub-globose, 4x5 mm., truncate, pedicellate, the very small valves sometimes exsert. 



RANGE. 



It seems to be confined to tropical Western Australia and the Northern Territory. 

 The following are the localities : — 



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Western Australia : Between Erskine Range and Mount Marrion, August, 1906. 

 " On gravelly plains between Isdell River and Scented Knob occurs, of a few square miles 

 in extent, an open forest of Ironbark " (W. V. Fitzgerald, June, 1905) ; Isdell River, 

 near Mount Barnett Homestead, also at Barnett River (W. V. Fitzgerald, June, 1905). 



* 



Northern Territory : Roper River Crossing (Professor Baldwin Spencer, and 

 others, July- August, 1911). This specimen is not quite so glaucous as the previous 

 specimens. 



