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CCCLVI. E. astringens n.sp. 



Aebor ereeta, cortice Irovi, " Brown Mallet" vocata; corticc deciduo is. stratis secedente maleulas fete 

 albas relinquente, astringente et plus minus " kino " continente ; foliis juvenilibus glaucis, crassiusculis, 

 petiolatis, oblongis vel ovato-cordatis vena periplierica a margine distincte remota ; foliis niaturis crassius- 

 culis petiolatis concoloribus, lanceolatis, paulum faleatis, non magnis, venis lateralibus fere parallelis et 

 ex costa 35-40 3 orientibus; inflorescentise pedunculis longis, umbellis circiter 7 floris in brevibus pedicellis, 

 operculo terete cylindroideo, calycis tubum duplo a?quilongo ; calycis tubo lasvi vel cum duabus costis; 

 antheris Cornutis similibus, filamentis glandulosis ; fructibtis fere hemisphericis vel ovoideis, leniter 

 ureeolatis, circiter 6-9 mm. longis 5 mm, diametro, valvis paulum recurvatis, distincte exsertis. 



A smooth-barked tree of from 40-60 feet high, and erect in habit ; trunk 2 ox 2-£- feet in diameter, 

 often slightly angular or fluted (C. A. Gardner). The bark in course of time cracks and flakes away, leaving 

 smooth, almost white patches. It usually contains a more or less well-defined layer of friable brown kino, 

 contributing to the astringency of the bark and to the name " Brown Mallet " for the tree. Timber tough, 

 pale-brown and dense. 



Juvenile leaves of a deep .green or only slightly glaucous, thickish, petiolate, obloug to ovate- 

 cordate, lateral veins spreading, making an angle of about -10-50 degrees with the midrib, the intramarginal 

 vein considerably removed from the edge. 



Mature leaves rather thick, petiolate, equally green on both sides, lanceolate, slightly falcate, 

 not large, say 8 to 12 cm. long, 1 to 2 cm. broad, venation inconspicuous, the lateral veins roughly parallel, 

 and making an angle of about 35-40 degrees with the midrib ; the intramarginal vein close to the edge. 



Inflorescence. — Peduncles long and from rathef narrow to rather broad and widening under 

 the umbel, which consists of about seven flowers on short, nearly terete but sometimes flattened pedicels, 

 the operculum twice as long as the calyx-tube, terete and cylindroid in shape, with a slight constriction 

 about the middle ; separated by a well defined commisural line, from a sub-eylindroid to conoid calyx-tube, 

 which is smooth or with two or more ridges; anther the usual shape of those of the CWnutas; filaments 

 glandular. Style protruding beyond the calyx-tube to a distance more than equal to the length of the 

 latter, and with a slightly enlarged stigma. 



Fruit nearly hemispherical to ovoid and slightly urceolate, not tapering gradually into the pedicel, 

 6 to 9 mm. long, 5 mm. in diameter, rim well defined, and with well-exsert, somewhat recurved valves. 

 Floral disc forming a narrow dark carnose band around the top of the ovary, but quite free from it. 

 -ular disc forming a thin dark band around the inner rim of the capsule and' slightly exceeding the 

 stamiaal ring, which is thicker than the capsular disc. The lines indicating the calyx rim, staminal ring, 

 and the disc can be seen with the aid of a lens on the top of the capsule. 



The type is Broome Hill, Western Australia (J.H.M., December, 1909). 



I il» si rations.— Plate 149, figs. 3a-3f (Part XXXVI), depict the type, and in 

 conjunction with figs. 2 and 5, seem to render any further figures unnecessary at this 

 place. 



(Figs.^4a-4c are from Meare's Lake, and belong to E. Sargenti, n.sp. described 

 at p. 58.) 



