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CCXV. E. terminalis F.v.M. var. noy. longipedata Maiden and Blakely. 



"Large tree, spreading habit, Darwin, March, 1917." (C. E. F. Allen, No. 181.) 

 With leaves, buds, flowers and early fruit. 



Port Darwin (Schultz, collector for Mueller, about 1880). With leaves and 

 buds only. 



The mature leaves are narrow-lanceolate and not very dissimilar to those of 

 E. terminalis, shown at fig. 1 Off, Plate 164. Juvenile leaves of the new form are not 

 available. 



The buds can be compared with those of E. terminalis, figs. 2 and 3a, Plate 164. 

 in which the comparative shortness of the. pedicels is seen. The pedicels are longer 

 in Schultz's than in Allen's. From E. terminalis it differs in the long pedicels, and the 

 smooth, red buds, not more or less scurfy, as in the normal form. It is certainly 

 striking fn appearance. 



Allen's specimen has yellowish filaments, and some of the outer ones are much 

 broader than the inner ones. 



Until fruits of the new form are available, its position cannot be stated with 

 certainty. It may be a new species, but in order to settle its affinities, juvenile leaves, 

 timber and bark are also necessarv. 



