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DESCRIPTION. 



CD XXII. E. aequans Blakely. 



Jour. Roy. Soc,, N.S.W., LXI, 154 (1927). 



Stringybark rjarva ad 10 pedes alta ; cortex fibrosus ; ramuli rubelli, compressi vel teretes, glandulari- 

 scabrosi ; folia juvenilia opposita vel alternata, ovata vel lanceolata, sessilia vel nonnumquam breviter 

 pefciolata ; folia matiira alternata petiolata, oblonga vel angusto-lanceolata, cequilaleralia, uncinata ; gemmae 

 in parvis umbellulis, sessiles, graciles, cylindroideee, acutae, 5-6 mm. longse; anther® reniformes; capsula 

 sessilis, fere globularis, truncata, 3-4 cellis, 5 mm. longa, 6 mm. diametro. 



A small Stringybark up to 10 feet high, sometimes branching at the base, and with the same general 

 appearance of E. Moorei. Bark somewhat flat and flaky-fibrous on the stem, more or less smooth aud of 

 a dull greenish-grey colour on the branches. Branchlets reddish, at first compressed, but soon becoming 

 terete, and more or less glandular-scabrous. Young tips somewhat metallic, of a bluish cast. 



Juvenile leaves ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, only the first two or three pairs opposite, sessile 

 to shortly petiolate, glabrous except the revolute, minutely glandular denticulate margins, pale green 

 above, dark green and glandular-scabrous beneath, 2-4-5 cm. long, 1—1-5 cm. broad. Venation penni- 

 nerved, somewhat obscure, the median nerve slightly convex beneath, compressed or slightly channelled 

 ahove; lateral veins very fine, scarcely visible on the upper surface, the intramarginal vein close to the 

 edge. Stems and internodes reddish-brown, scabrous with numerous glands tipped with microscopic 

 stellate hairs. 



Intermediate leaves not seen in a fully developed state, alternate, shortly petiolate. lanceolate 

 to obliquely-lanceolate with acuminate points, up to 5 cm. long, 2 cm. broad. 



Adult leaves alternate, somewhat rigid, oblong to narrow-lanceolate, usually terminating in a 

 fine uncinate point and gradually diminishing at the base into a rather short, slightly compressed petiole, 

 'thick, coriaceous, flat, cequilaterriL and glossy on both sides, somewhat scabrous, with numerous, more or 

 less conspicuous oil-glands, 3-5-8-5 cm. long, 7-13 mm. broad. Venation penninerved somewhat obscure j 

 the median nerve faintly canaliculate on both surfaces ; lateral veins sometimes more or less distinct, not 

 more than three or four prominent ones on each side of the midrib and usually radiating at an angle of 

 10-20° with the median nerve, the intramarginal vein usually distant from the nerve-like margin. 



Inflorescence in short axillary umbels of 5-9 small sessile flowers ; peduncle compressed or almost 

 terete, glandular scabrous, slightly dilated at the top, 4-5 mm. long. Buds sessile or nearly so, slender 

 cylindroid, acute, 5-6 mm. long, about 2 mm. in diameter. Calyx hyprocrateriform rather thick, slightly 

 longer than the acutely conoid glossy operculum; filaments not numerous, nearly all antheriferous. 

 Anthers reniform, with broad cells and a very small terminal gland. 



Fruit sessile, almost globular, truncate, with a somewhat slightly convex disc, 3-4 celled, the very 

 short deltoid valves enclosed or sometimes slightly protruding beyond the broad orifice, 5x6 mm. 



Fertile seeds black, obliquely pyramidal to somewhat navicular bi- or tricostate on the face, the 

 dorsal surface smooth and striate. Hilum terminal, small, whitish, 2-2J mm. x 1-2 mm. Sterile seeds 

 light brown, granular, striate, usually smaller than the fertile seeds. 



This species has remarkably uniform and equal-sided leaves for a Stringybark, 

 hence the specific name. 



