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DESCRIPTION. 



CCCLX. E. Nowraensis n.sp. 



Arbor 60', "Spotted Gum" nota; ligno pallidissimo, fissili; foliis matuiis petiolatis saturate viriditus, 

 lanceolatis, falcatis in petiolum apicemque, leniter angustatis; venis leniter prominentibus, secundariis 

 proximantiusculis parallelibus, cum costa 45° orientibus, vena peripheriea a margine remota ; umbellis 

 3-7 floris corymbum solutum formantibus, umbella quaque in pedunculis pedicellisque teretibus ; alabastris 

 laevibus, operculo hemispherico ad conico, calycis tubi urceolati dimidium aequante; fructuum pedunculis 

 crassis, elongatis-urceolatis, 15-18 mm. longis 10-13 mm. latis, margine tenui, capsula depressa. 



A tree of 60 feet, with a diameter of 15 inches, known as " Spotted Gum," but occasionally as 

 " Grey Gum." Timber very pale, fissile. 



Juvenile leaves not seen. Mature leaves petiolate, of a bright sap-green on both sides, 

 lanceolate, more or less falcate, tapering gradually into the petiole, and very gradually into the apex, 

 Moderately thick and of moderate size, say 10-14 cm. in length by 2-2J cm. in width. Venation moderately 

 prominent, the secondary veins rather close together and parallel, and making an angle of about 45 degrees 

 with the midrib. The intramarginal vein close to the edge. 



Inflorescence. — Umbels 3 to 7-flowered, usually several together, on short branches, forming 

 a loose panicle or corymb, each umbel on a long terete peduncle and terete pedicel, the latter being about 

 half the length of the former. The buds smooth, the. operculum hemispherical to conical and about half 

 the length of the urceolate calyx-tube, the anthers those of the Corymbosse, the styles protruding beyond 

 the top of the calyx-tube, stigma globular. 



Fruits with stout peduncles of 7-15 mm., elongated urceolate, the greatest length being 15-18 mm. 

 and the greatest breadth 10-13 mm., rim thin, countersunk, the capsule depressed. 



Floral disc. — In this species (as in many of the Corymbosae), there is no well defined floral or 

 capsular disc (the discal lining of Mueller), but the inside of the deep calyx tube is covered with 

 a thin carnose reddish lining which extends from the top of the depressed three-celled ovary to the 

 thin staminal ring. Capsular disc similar, but slightly thicker than the floral disc, and almost 

 absorbing the staminal ring. 



The type is that of Mr. Alexander Joseph Gallagher, who collected it 4 miles east of Nowra (Parish 

 of Nowra). I look upon Mr. W. Baeuerlen's specimens as co-types, or paratypes, and would have con- 

 stituted them the type, but I cannot trace precisely where he obtained his material. 



RANGE. 



Hitherto only found in the South Coast of New South Wales, but careful search 

 will greatly extend the present known area. 



Mr. W. Baeuerlen's specimens (1890) referred to at Part XXXIX, bottom of 

 p. 253, (a) Sources of the Clyde, No. 37; (6) Mogo, near Moruya, Mogo being S miles 

 from Bateman's Bay township, are from localities practically the same. 



Mr. Gallagher's specimens were collected (1921) 4 miles east of Nowra, and 

 2 miles south of that town. Mr. Gallagher's and Mr. Baeuerlen's localities are about 

 60 miles apart. 



