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XXVI. E. aemenioides Schau. var. tenuipes Maiden 



and Blakely, n. var. 



Leaves narrow-lanceolate, sAortly petiolate, thin and pale, drying a yellowish- 

 green colour; venation indistinct, 6-15 cm. long, 8-18 mm. broad. Buds not seen. 

 Peduncles slender, slightly angular,up to 17 mm. long, bearing 7-10 pedicellate fruits. 

 Pedicels terete, very slender, 7-11 mm. long. Fruit hemispherical or goblet-shaped, 

 4 mm. long, 5 mm. in diameter, usually 4-celled, valves small, enclosed; rim rather 

 sharp, exceeding the capsular disc. 



Differing from the typical form in the very narrow leaves, and in the more slender 

 and elongated pedicels, Perhaps a distinct species. 



RANGE. 



Meteor Creek, South Central Queensland, local name " Peppermint Stringybark " 

 (Dr. H. I. Jensen, July, 1921, per C. T. White). 



