DESCRIPTION. 



CCCLIV. E. Schlechteri Diels. 



In " Beit rage zur Flora von Papuasien viii," 423, (1922). 



I have not seen a specimen of the plant, nor a figure of it. Following is the original 

 description : — 



Arbor mediocris. Rami juniores (sicci) atropurpuTei quadranguli. Foliorum petiolus brevis, 

 lamina subcoriacea, supra lucida, late elliptica vel-ovato-elliptica, apice obtusa vel brevissime acuminata, 

 nervi laterales primarii circ. 6 a costa abeuntes (sicci) subtus prominuli. Panicula pyramidalis, gracilis 

 Soribus pan-is. Pedicelli 2-3 mm. longi. Receptaculuni subhemisphaericum, operculum hemisphaeiicum, 

 illi subaequale, vix vel brevissime apiculatum baud rostratum . Stamina omnia fertilia in alabastro inflexa. 

 antherae minutae. Ovarium 3 loculare. Fructus parvi, valvis protrusis. 



A tree only about. 10 m. high (according to Schlechter). Petiole 5-8 mm. long, blade 9-10 cm. 

 long, 6-7-5 cm. in width. Panicle 15-18 cm. long, and just about as broad at the base. Flower peduncle 

 2-3 mm. long, receptacle 2 mm. long, 2-5 mm. broad. Stamens (dried) about 4 mm. long. Fruit, including 

 the operculum, about 3 mm. long and just, as broad. 



RANGE, 



Confined to Papua, so far as we know at present. North Eastern Papua (New 

 Guinea); at Waria, near Jaduna, 50 m. above sea-level (Schlechter, n. 17398 — fruiting 

 3rd March, 1908 !) ; Forests of the mountains near Jaduna, about 200 m. above sea-level 

 (.Schlechter, n. 19242 — flowering 15th April, 1909— type of species) .... 

 E. Schlechteri is the first forest Eucalypt which has been shown from the New Guinea 

 mainland. Species previously recognised from there are all elements of the Savanna 

 flora (Diels, lc). 



