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DESCRIPTION. 



CCCLVII. E. Sargenti n.six 



Aeboe mediocris, cortjce lawi astringentissimo, extremitate plus ruirrus in dijris lamims sepedendente ; 

 foliis maturis petblafis, lineari-laneeplatis, tennioribus, venis teuuibus et indistinctis, venis lateralibus 

 fere parallelis ex costa 1I5-S0° orientibus; inflorescentia decumbente, pedimpulo longo tenue umbellam 

 6-7 floram ferente ; pedicellis brevibus teretibus ; operculo terete erecto vel cornu simili, calycis tubum 

 cylindricum Isevem duplo excedentibus ; antheris Cormitis shnilibus; fructibus fere hemisphericis vel 

 conoideo-cylindroideis laevibus cireiter 8 mm. longis 5 mm, diametro, capsulse valvis subulatis et distincte 

 exsertis. 



A tree of medium size, bark smooth and very astringent, more or less hard-flaky &% the butt. 

 Timber unknown. 



Jjiveujle ICilYCS thin, linear lanceolate, venatiou fine and not distinct |but npt seen perfectly 

 pharapteristic). 



Mature leaves petiolate, narrow-lanceolate, rather thin, equally green on both sides, venatiou 

 fine and not distinct, the lateral veins nearly parallel, and making an angle of about 15-30 degrees with 

 the midrib. Intramarginal vein distinct from the edge. 



Inflorescence decumbent, with a long, thin, nearly terete peduncle supporting an umbel of 6-7 

 flowers, the pedicels short and terete, and somewhat abi'uptly tapering info jthe calyx -tube. The operculum 

 thin, terete, straight or shaped like a horn, twice the length of the calyx-tube, winch is eyjjndroid and 

 smooth. The anthers the usual shape of those of the Cornutae, but somewhat small. 



Fl'llit nearly hemispherical to conoid-cylindrical, smooth, about 8 mm. long and 5 mm. in diameter, 

 the calyx-tube tapering somewhat abruptly into terete pedicels of about its own length, rim thin but 

 distinct, the tips of the capsule awl-like and well exserted. Floral disc dark coloured, attached to the 

 base of the calyx-tube, projecting slightly over the top of the conical ovary. Capsular disc forming a 

 small dark ring around the inner rim of the capsule and more or less fused to the considerably thickened 

 staminal ring, which does not exceed the calyx rim. 



Type : Meare's Lake, County Peak, Beverley, Western Australia, 0. H. Sargent, No. 707. 



In honour of Oswald Hewlett Sargent, of York, Western Australia, -who first supplied me with 

 specimens, and who is well known for his researches on the flora of Western Australia. 



RANGE. 



Confined to Western Australia, so far as Ave know at present. The type is from 

 near Meare's Lake, County Peak, Beverley, aborft 45 miles from York. ( H. H. St. Barbe 

 More, 0. H. Sargent, No. 707.) Mr. Sargent says that it grows only in the bed of the 

 Salt Water Biver, and that it was stripped for tanning purposes all along this river. 



