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DESCRIPTION. 



CDXII. E. glaucescens Maiden and Blakely, n.sp. 



Mallee vel arbor parva ; cortice levi, albo in stratis brunneis secedente ; foliis jimioribus oppositis ; 

 glaucissimis, ovatis vel orbicularibus ; foliis maturis alternatis, petiolatis, glaucis, oblongo-lanceolatis 

 vel falcato-lanceolatis ; alabastris glaucis, triplicibus, sessilibus, cylindraceis ; fructu glaucissirno, sessili, 

 cylindraceo, crasso, truncato, 9-10 x 7 mm. diametro. 



A Mallee, or sometimes a small tree, 12-40 feet high; live bark smooth, whitish; dead bark falling 

 away in reddish-brown flakes. 



Juvenile leaves opposite for an indefinite number of pairs, very glaucous, ovate to orbicular, 

 entire or emarginate, sessile to shortly petiolate, 1-5-3 cm. long, and about as broad. 



Intermediate leaves sessile, elliptical to cordate-lanceolate, 2-4 x 2-2-5 cm. ; venation obscure. 



Mature leaves alternate, petiolate, glaucous, oblong-lanceolate to falcate-lanceolate, thick, 

 coriaceaous, 10-13 cm. long, 1-5-2 cm. broad, somewhat obscurely nerved, the marginal nerve usually 

 thickened ; intramarginal vein fairly close to the edge, very thin ; lateral veins rising at an angle of about 

 45° with the midrib. 



Inflorescence axillary, very glaucous. Buds invariably in threes, all closely sessile, cylindical, 

 with a very short, mucronate operculum, 5-7 mm. long, 4-5 mm. in diameter ; the common peduncle about 

 half the length of the calyx-tube, compressed-angular, broader at the top. 



Fruit very glaucous, closely sessile, cylindrical to barrel-shaped, thick, truncate with a slightly 

 thickened rim, 9-10 mm. long, 7-8 mm. in diameter, valves usually enclosed, short and broad, corresponding 

 to the rather broad cells, of which there are usually three. 



Illustrations. —It is depicted in this work, Part XXVI, Plate 108, fig. 8a, mature 

 leaf. 8c, fruits. (Fig, 86, buds are E. Gunnii, drawn from G-unn's Tasmanian specimens 

 and linked up in error with the Mount Baw Baw plant.) Plate 109, fig. la, young buds. 

 The shape is correct, showing the very sharp rim and the small, acute operculum, but in 

 the original specimen they are sessile, not pedicellate as shown; 16, leaf and fruit; lc, 

 domed fruit Tingiringi Mountain, New South Wales (W. Baeuerlen). The type. 



SYNONYMS. 



1. E. Gunnii Hook. 1, var. glauca Deane and Maiden (in part), Proc. Linn. Soc 



N.S.JF., xxiv, 464 (1899). 



2. E. Peniniana F.v.M. Baker and Smith in " Research on the Eucalypts," 205 



(1902), refer this species to E. Peniniana F.v.M. 



3. E. Gunnii Maiden, non Hook, f., this work Part XXVI, 108 (1916), Plate 108, 



figs. 8c, 86, 8c ; Plate 109, figs, la, 16, lc. 



