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DESCRIPTION. 

 CDXXIII. E. globoidea Blakely. 



Jour. Roy. Soc, N.S.W., LXI, 157 (1927). 



Stringybark parva 20-50 pedes alta; cortex stispis crassus, fibrosus, persistens, ramis glabris; folia 

 juvenilia alternata, obliquo-lanceolata, vel falcato-lanceolata, tenuia, 6-12 x l-5-4'5 cm.; infloreseentia 

 unibellis simplicibus axillaribus 6-16 florum; gemmae cylindricse, acutae, calyx obconicus; operculum 

 conicum, acutum vel rostratum, 8x3 mm. ; antheree reniformes ; capsules hemisphaericee, in parvis globu- 

 laribus capitibus congregatae, ad 15 mm. diametro. 



A small to medium-sized Stringybark, 20-50 feet high, with a short, straight stem and spreading 

 branches, which give the tree a round-headed appearance. Bark rather thick, fibrous, a typical Stringybark ; 

 branchlets semiterete. 



Juveuile leaves not seen in the earliest stage, alternate, ovate, lanceolate, shortly petiolate, 

 glabrous or nearly so, 2-5-5 cm. long, 1-5-2-5 broad, cm. broad or broader, rather thick, smooth, with 

 entire margins. Venation somewhat obscure. 



Intermediate leaves alternate, rather broad, petiolate, oblong, elliptical to obliquely-lanceolate, 

 acute or mucronate, smooth and shiny on both sides, 5-8 cm. long, 3-5 cm. broad. Venation somewhat 

 prominent, the median nerve conspicuous on both surfaces, the lateral veins rather numerous, diverging 

 at an angle of 40-50° with the midrib ; intramarginal vein very remote from the edge. 



Adult leaves alternate, very variable, broad to narrow-lanceolate, or obliquely-lanceolate, to 

 falcate-lanceolate, thin, coriaceous, shiny on both surfaces, 6-12 cm. long, 1-5-4-5 cm. broad. Veins 

 distinct, the lateral ones very slender, radiating at an angle of 30-50° with the midrib, the intramarginal 

 vein distant from the edge in the broad leaves, rather close to the. margin in the narrow ones. 



Inflorescence in simple axillary umbels, the peduncle rather slender, sometimes very short, 

 supporting 6-16 flowers. Buds tip-cat shaped, acute or slightly obtuse, including the short pedicels about 

 8 mm. long, 3 mm. in diameter. Calyx funnel-shaped; operculum acutely conical, as long as or longer 

 than the calyx-tube. Anthers reniform with rather narrow cells and a small terminal gland in front. 



Fruit hemispherical or nearly so, rather small, usually in dense globular heads, up to 15 mm. in 

 diameter, pale-coloured, except the smooth, reddish-brown slightly convex disc, 5-6 x 7-8 mm., the cells 

 very small, usually 4, with minute deciduous valves. 



Timber pale, almost white, free in the grain, and to all appearance as strong as the timber of 

 E. eugenioides. 



Illustrations. — It is depicted in Part VIII of this work, under E. capitellata, 

 Plate 38, figs, la, lb. The type. Also under E. eugenioides, Plate 40, figs. 14a, 14& } 

 14c, 16a, 156, 15c. Fruit more globular that the preceding. 



