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DESCRIPTION. 



CCCLXXV. E. microneura Maiden and Blakely. 



In Journ. Roy. Soc, N.S.W., lix, 1925, 168 (1925). 



Arbor parva, cortice Box simili, raniulis gracilibus pendulis; foliis junioribus non visis; foliis maturi 

 parum glaucis supra subtusque obscuris angusto- v. lato-lanceolatis tenuissimis, marginibus undulati 

 S-16 cm. longis, 1-2-5 cm. latis; petiolis teretibus 1-5-2-5 cm. longis, venis tenuissimis, parum conspicuis- 

 venis lateralibus e costa 40-45° orientibus, vena periplierica margini approximata ; inflorescentia terminal 

 paniculata 3-6 cm. longa vel longiore, pedunculo umbellarum singularum tereti 3-5 flores pedicellatos 

 ferente ; alabastris glaucis parum ellipticis 5-6 mm. longis, 3 mm. diametro ; operculo calycis tubo, 

 campanulato paulo longiore; antheris semi-terminabbus ; fructu turbinate v. campanulato pedicellate 

 obscure 2-3 costato, 5-6 mm. longo, apice 5-6 mm. lato ; valvis brevibus latis, apicibus parum exsertis. 



A small tree with a Box-like bark and slender drooping, glaucous leaves and 

 branehlets. 



Juvenile leaves not seen 



Mature leaves slightly glaucous and didl on both surfaces, narrow to broadish 

 lanceolate to falcate lanceolate, acuminate, very thin with slightly undulating margins, 

 8-16 cm. long, 1-2-5 cm. broad, petioles terete and slender, 1-5 to 2-5 cm. long. Venation 

 very fine, almost invisible, the midrib depressed or channelled above, prominent beneath, 

 the lateral veins making an angle of 40-50 degrees with the midrib, intramarginal vein 

 close to the edge. 



Inflorescence a terminal panicle, 3 to 6 cm. long, or longer, the common peduncle 

 of each umbel terete, about 1 cm. long, supporting three to five distinctly pedicellate 

 flowers. Buds glaucous, somewhat elliptical, acute, 5 to 6 mm. long, about 3 mm. in 

 diameter, the operculum slightly longer than the campanulate, faintly ribbed calyx- tube. 

 Anthers senn-terminal. Floral disc obscure, represented by a thin, dark membrane 

 lining the shallow calyx-tube and extending over the convex ovary. 



Fruit turbinate to campanulate, pedicellate, faintly two or three ribbed, 5-6 mm* 

 long, about 5 mm. broad at the top, truncate, 3-4 celled, the valves short and broad, 

 with the tips sometimes sbghtly protruding. Capsular disc thin, forming with the 

 staminal ring a slightly thickened oblique rim over the top of the capsule. 



The type is C. T. White, No. 1385, February, 1922, and bis No. 1384 may be 

 taken as a co-type. 



RANGE. 



So far as we know at present, it is confined to northern Queensland, for it has 

 only been collected on the Gilbert Eiver. " Very abundant, Box-bark " (C. T. White, 

 No. 1385, February, 1922. The type). " Small trees, Box-bark," Forsayth (Etheridge 

 Railway), North Queensland (C. T. White, No. 1384, same date). 



