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DESCRIPTION. 



CCCLXXIV. x E. Wesloni Maiden and Blakely. 



In Joum. Roy. Soc, N.S.W., lix, 170 (1925). 



Aebok medioeris, raniis patentibus, cortice lamellosa vel subfibroso cinereo ; ligno pallido albescente vel 

 c arneo; foliis junioribus crassiusculis subglaucis supra subtusque, inferioribus foliis oppositis sessilibus 

 angusto- vel lato-oblongis, 3-6 cm. longis, 8-20 mm. latis; venis prominentibus, venis secimdariis e costa 

 30-40° orientibus ; vena peripherica a margine remota ; foliis maturis crassiusculis petiolatis angusto- 

 lanceolatis vel falcato-laneeolatis, 10-17 cm. longis, 1-1-5 cm. latis ; venis modice distinctis, venis secundariis 

 e costa 30-45° orientibus, vena peripherica margini approsimata ; infiorescentia axillari ; alabastris 

 5-7 in capitulo, cylindraceis 8-9 mm. longis; operculo acuto conoideo 3 mm. longo; antheris versatilibus 

 oblongis longitudinaliter aperientibus ; fructibus campanulatis 7 mm. longis, 5-6 mm. diametro, valvarum 

 brevium et crassarum apicibus albis calycis marginem excedentibus. 



A medium-sized tree with spreading branches, rough barked to the small 

 branches, rough or slightly flaky to sub-fibrous, greyish. Timber pale, whitish to 

 pinkish, dries pale, not tough. 



Juvenile leaves somewhat thick, drying the same colour on both sides, the 

 lower ones opposite, sessile, narrow to broad-oblong, the margins slightly undulate, 8 to . 

 20 mm. broad, 3 to 6 cm. long, veins fairly prominent, the intramarginal vein distant 

 from the edge, the secondary veins making an angle of 30 to 40 degrees with the midrib. 



Mature leaves thickish, petiolate, narrow-lanceolate to falcate-lanceolate, and 

 with a long acuminate point, 1 to 1-5 cm. broad, 10 to 17 cm. long, the intramarginal 

 vein close to the edge, the secondary veins making an angle of 30 to 45 degrees with the 

 midrib. 



Inflorescence axillary, the umbels on slightly compressed peduncles about as long 

 as the buds. Buds 5-7 in the head, cylindrical, or gradually tapering into the thick, 

 short pedicel. 8-9 mm. long, somewhat glossy, the operculum acute, conoidal, the 

 lower portion slightly thicker than the calyx-tube, 3 mm. long.. Calyx-tube cylindrical 

 to slightly campaimlate, 4 mm. long, the pedicel 2 mm. long. Anthers versatile, some- 

 what similar to those of E. maculosa. Floral disc forming a thickish covering around 

 the top of the calyx, and projecting a short distance over the ovary. 



Frnit carnpanulate, 7 mm. long, 5 to 6 mm. in diameter, thickish, the short thick, 

 white-tipped valves protruding beyond the calyx rim. Capsular disc forming a truncate 

 or domed rim on the top of the capsule, the inner margin free from the valves, and 

 sometimes exceeding the staminal ring, which is nearly always present on the mature 

 fruit. 



In honour of Thomas Charles George Weston, formerly of the Botanic Gardens 

 sub-Departnuni. Sydney, and for some years 'past Afforestation Officer of the Federal 

 Territory at Canberra, a competent liybridist, cultivator, and forester. 

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