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DESCRIPTION. 



CDXXVII. E. Bleeseri Blakely. 



Jour. Roy. Soc, N.S.W., LXL 175 (1927). 



Bloodwood, arbor mediocris ; cortex caulis ramorumque glaber ;' rainuli compressi, inox teretes; folia 

 matura alternata, petiolata, angusti lanceolata, acuminata : infloresentia formans panieulani terminalem 

 magnarn, corymbosani ; gemmee ovoideee, glabrse ; antherse versatiles ; capsulee cylindraceo-urceolatse, 

 1-5-2-5 x 1-1-2 cm. 



A moderately smooth, white-barked Bloodwood, up to 50 feet high. Bark at base thin-flaky, semi- 

 persistent, whitish to pale reddish-brown. Branches smooth ; the old bark, which is of a reddish-brown 

 colour decorticates annually in small, thin flakes, leaving the branches and portion of the stem smooth and 

 white. Branchlets at first compressed, sulcate, but soon becoming terete, usually of a reddish-brown 

 colour. 



Juvenile leaves very variable, the lower ones alternate, petiolate, orbicular to ovate, apiculatcc 

 scabrous and loosely pilose, 3-5-7 cm. long, 3-5 cm. broad. Venation somewhat transverse, almost obscurs 

 except the intramarginal vein, which is conspicuous at the base, and distant from the margin. Internode. 

 co mpressed, sulcate, densely pilose with reddish hairs ; young tips infested with purple-brown hairs 

 Tpper juvenile leaves opposite for two or three pairs, then alternate, oblong to broadly lanceolate, petiolate, 

 very scabrous, almost peltate, or an odd one peltate, very dull, with a few scattered hairs or seta, on the 

 margin and midrib, 6-10 cm. x 2-5-7 cm., more or less aromatic when crushed. Venation somewhat 

 transverse, moderately distinct, diverging at an angle of 65-75° with the midrib. Internodes compressed 

 or terete, pilose. 



InU'rmediate leaves opposite for two or three pairs, then alternate, petiolate, coriaceous, smooth 

 and shining, sb'ghtly pale on the under surface, broadly oblong-lanceolate, undulate, 8-18 cm. long, up 

 to 6-5 cm. broad. Venation transverse or nearly so, very fine, almost obscure, the median nerve rather 

 broad, convex beneath, channelled above; lateral veins spreading at an angle of 75-80° with the midrib; 

 intramarginal vein concealed by the thickened nerve-like margin. 



Adult leaves alternate, petiolate, narrow-lanceolate to obliquely-lanceolate, acuminate, thin, 

 light-green, glossy on both sides, 10-16 x 1-2 cm. Venation almost transverse, very fine, the median 

 nerve reddish, compressed or scarcely raised above the lamina; lateral veins very numerous, radiating 

 at an angle of 75-80° with the midrib ; intramarginal vein indistinguishable from the thin nerve-like margin. 

 Petiole slender, convex beneath, channelled above, 10-15 mm. long, 1-1'5 mm. in diameter. 



Illfloreseence forming large terminal compound umbels or corymbose panicles; partial umbels 

 •'j-6 flowered ; flowers on slender, slightly dilated pedicels 15-25 mm. long. Buds somewhat ovoid, 

 slightly acute, tapering into the pedicels, smooth, pale-coloured or reddish, straight or curved at the base 

 like the bowl of a tobacco pipe, 10-13 x 6-8 mm. Calyx-tube obconic, moderately thick, 7 mm. long; 

 operculum broadly conical, slightly rugose at the top, shorter than the calyx-tube. Filaments white : 

 anthers versatile, rather large, the cells longitudinal, with a large oval dorsal gland. 



