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DESCRIPTION. 



CCCLXIV. E. Burracoppinensis, Maiden and Blakely. 



In Joum. Roy. Soc., N.S.W., lix, 178 (1925). 



Arbor parva vel fratex 8-15 feet altus, Mortice basi rugoso, ramis leevibus, folia juniora 

 non vidimus; foliis maturis alternatis, crassiusculis, dilute viridibus, petiolatis, 

 angustis ad lato-lanceolatis, 8-12 cm. longis, 1-3 cm. latis, venis lenuissimis leniter 

 obscuris; veuis lateralibus numerosis 30-40° e costa orientibus, vena peripherica 

 margini approximata; imiorescentia axillari, pedunculo cum 3 floribus grandiusculis 

 pedicellatis alabastris, pyriformibus 3 cm. longis, 1-5-2 cm. diametro; opercula crasso 

 rostrato. 1-5-2 cm. longo, basin versus leniter vel distincte costato; calycis tubo 

 hypocrateriformi, lasvi vel obscure costato; antlieris magnis latis paralleliter 

 aperientibus; fructu depresso-turbinato, fevi vel leniter costato, parte calycem versus 

 lasvi, parte discali crassa annulum staminalum multo excedente, valvis crassis deltoideis 

 acutis leniter exsertis. 



A small tree or sbrub, 8-15 feet high, with smooth grey bark on the branches, 

 and the lower part of the trunk covered with ragged bark (Max Koch). 



Juvenile leaves not seen. 



3Iatlire leflYes alternate, moderately thick, light green, petiolate, narrow to 

 broad lanceolate, the apex acuminate-uncinate, 8-12-5 cm. long, 1-3 cm. broad, petiole 

 compressed, expanded upwards, 1-5-2 cm. long; venation very fine and somewhat 

 obscure on both surfaces, the midrib channelled above, and scarcely raised beneath; 

 lateral veins numerous, making an angle of 30-40 degrees with the midrib, intra- 

 marginal vein close to the edge. 



Inflorescence axillary, the common peduncle bearing three moderately large 

 pedicellate flowers. Buds somewhat pyriform, 3 cm. long, 1-5-2 cm. in diameter. 

 Operculum very thick, rostrate, 1-5-2 cm. long, faintly or distinctly many ribbed at 

 the base and more inflated than the calyx; calyx-tube funnel-shaped, gradually 

 diminishing into the terete pedicel, smooth, or with a few faint ridges, 8-10 mm. long; 

 anthers large and broad, opening in parallel slits. Floral disc pale-coloured, conspiu- 

 ously raised above the top of the ovary, as in E. pyriformis, and forming a deep nectary 

 around the ovary. 



Fruit depressed-turbinate, the thick calycine portion smooth and glossy, slightly 

 ribbed, the discal portion also thick, much paler than the former, and considerably 

 raised above the staminal ring; valves four, thick, deltoid, acute, slightly exsert. 

 Capsular disc pale-coloured, rather broad and thick, and much raised above the sharp 

 rim of the calyx, the sides sloping upwards to a broadish truncate rim, the inner surface 

 of the rim slightly oblique, the entire disc free from the valves of the capsule. The 

 morphosis of the disc is similar to that of E. pyriformis and the variety Kingsmilb 

 depicted in Part LXI, Plate 250, figs, la to 2c of this work. 



