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DESCRIPTION. 



CCCLXXIII. E. eylindrifiora Maiden and Blakely. 



In Journ. Roy. Soc, N.S.W., lis, 180 (1925). 



JMallee caulibus erectis e trunco columnae basi siniili orientibus, 10-15 feet alta, 3-5 inches diametro, 

 cortice tenui, albo, pulvereo cortice fracto viridi, ligno pallide brunneo ; foliis junioribus, primis 3-4 paribus 

 oppositis, spathulatis vel oblongis, breviter petiolatis, obscure viridibus, 4-5-5 cm. longis, 1-5-2-5 cm. 

 latis, venis inconspicuis, venis secundariis e costa 35-50° orientibus, vena peripherica a margine remota; 

 foliis matufis alternatis laevibus supra subtusquc nitentibus, angustodanceolatis in petiolum breve 

 angustatis 5-8 cm. longis, 5-10 mm. latis; venis inconspicuis, venis lateralibus e costa 30° orientibus, vena 

 peripherica margini approximata; inflorescentia axillari vel aliquando semiterminali, umbellis 

 pedunculatis 3-6 floris, filamcntis albis, alabastris pedicellatis cylindraceis 1-5 cm. longis, diametro 5-7 

 mm. ; operculo conico obtuso calycis tubo semiovato aequilongo ; antheris majusculis oblongo-ovatis, 

 longitudinabter aperientibus ; fructibus breviter cylindraceis vel semiovatis truncatis trans apicem 1 cm. 

 longis, 7 mm. latis, annulo staminali vlx dilatato coronatis ; valvis parvis inclusis. 



* White Mallee." Habit of E. erythronema, but slightly less robust. Stems 

 erect from a broad, pedestal-like stock, 10-15 feet high, and 3-5 inches diameter. Bark 

 thin, white, powdery, green in fracture. Timber light brown, dense and very hard. 

 Flowers white (no red flowers seen). Bendering, on loam flats, with Melaleuca 

 uncinata. Flowers in January. (C. A. Gardner, No. 1909, February, 1923). 



JllYenile leaves. — Only the first 3-4 pairs opposite, spathulate to oblong, 

 shortly petiolate, pale, or a very didl green when dry, 4-5-5 cm. long, 1-5-2-5 cm. 

 broad; venation not conspicuous, the secondary veins making an angle of 35-50 

 degrees with the midrib, intramarginal vein distant from the edge. 



Mature leaves alternate, smooth and shining on both surfaces, narrow- 

 lanceolate to lanceolate-falcate, narrowed into a short petiole, 5-8 cm. long, 5-10 mm. 

 broad ; venation obscure, lateral veins making an angle of 30 degrees with the midrib, 

 intramarginal vein close to the edge. 



Inflorescence axillary or sometimes appearing semi-terminal, the peduncle 

 bearing an umbel of 3-6 white flowers. Buds cylindrical, about 1-5 cm. long, 5-7 mm. 

 in diameter. Operculum conical, obtuse, about the same length as the semi-ovate calyx- 

 tube ; the pedicels are also about the same length. Anthers rather large, oblong-ovate, 

 slightly emarginate with a long dorsal gland. Floral disc forming a slightly thickened 

 layer around the calyx-tube and extending over the sunken ovary. 



Fruit shortly cylindrical or somewhat semi-ovate, truncate, crowned by the 

 scarcely enlarged staminal ring, 1 cm. long, 7 mm. across the top, the pedicels about 

 1 cm. long, valves small, well enclosed. Capsular disc not conspicuous, forming with 

 the staminal ring an oblique, slightly thickened band around the inside of the capsule 

 and extending nearly halfway over the free valves. 



