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DESCRIPTION. 



CDX XVIII. E. Dielsii Gardner. 



In Jour. Roy. Soc, Western Australia, vol. xii, p. 67 (1925-26). 



Arbor pusilla, sive " Mallee, quindecim vel octodecim peduum altitudinus, e cortice plano-tenui, viridi- 

 fusco et trunco quinque vel septem uniciarum diamctri. Ligno tenaci, recte granulato, duro, pallide, fusco, 

 denso. 



JuvenUibus foliis potius pallido-viridibus, parce petiolatis, tenuiter insequalibus, pellueidis ex 

 punctis oleosis, inconspicuis lateralibus venis angulum facientibus cireiter 75 gradmim cum coata centrali. . 



Maturiis foliis denso-rigidis, anguste laneeolatis, tenuiter falcatis, vel fere rectis, petiolatis, idem 

 color utrinque habentibus costa centrali prominenti venis laterabbus cireiter parallelis angulum efformantibus 

 cireiter 40 graduum cum costa media, vena intramarginali remota a margine. 



Pedunculis generaliter axillaribus, modice planis et curvatis, sub umbella expansis, quae consistit 

 ex tribus vel quinque floribus. Pedicellis tenuibus, sursum incrassatis. Operculo conico, dilatato super 

 lineam commissuralem ; tubo calyceo modice campanulato, disco eiiormante calycis prolongationem 

 atque in gemmatione constituent! annulo staminali. Antberis oblongis longitudinaliter aperientibus, 

 albicantibus, filamentis in gemma inflectis. Stylo crasso breviori staminibus, cum capitato stigmate. 



Fructo urceolato-globulari, abrupte imminuenti versus pedicellam; margine distincte definita, 

 protrusa et reflexa ita ut suspendentum limbum formet, summitate formam cupulae habente, valvnlis 

 deltoidis magis minusve planis cum capsula. 



Foliis 7-12 cm. longitudinis, 10-17 mm. amplitudinis. Pedunculis circ. 2-5 cm. long; pedicellis 

 modice supra 1 cm. long. Operculo 1 cm. long, 8 mm. amplitudinis supra basim. Calyci 6 mm. long. 

 Fructo 1-3 cm. long, idemque in diametro. 



Nuncupates in honorem L. Diels, illustris moderator Hortus Botanici apud Berbn, qui extense 

 peragravit Australian occidentalem in principio hujus saeculi, quique tantum contulit historiae botanicae 

 hujus regionis. 



A small tree, or a Mallee of 15-18 feet, with a smooth, thin, greenish-brown bark, the trunk 5-7 

 inches in diameter. Timber tough, straight-grained, hard and dense, pale brown in colour. 



Juvenile leaves rather dark green, shortly petiolate, slightly unequal, pellucid with dark oil-dots, 

 the inconspicuous lateral veins making an angle of about 75 degrees with the midrib. 



Mature leaves thick and rigid, shining, narrow-lanceolate, only slightly falcate or almost straight, 

 petiolate, the lateral veins roughly parallel, and forming an angle of about 40 degrees with the midrib ; 

 the intramarginal vein removed from the edge. 



