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DESCRIPTION. 



CCCLXXXIL E. Murphyi Maiden and Blakely, n.sp. 



Arbor magna 40-80' alta ; cortice in trunco duro et valcle sulcato, in ramis laevi ; 

 ligno rubro, duro, durabile; fohis iunioribus alternatis angusto-oblongis vel angusto- 

 lanceolatis, petiolatis paulo obtusis, 4-8 cm. longis, 1-1-5 cm. latis; foliis maturis 

 angusto-lanceolatis vel falcato-lanceolatis, petiolatis, 7-10 cm. longis, 1-1-5 cm. latis; 

 venis fere obscuris, vena peripherica margini approximata; inflorescentia in umbellis 

 axillaribus vel paniculis brevibus terminabbus; pedunculis gracilibus; floribus 3-6, 

 pedieellatis ; alabastris lineari-clavatis vel lineari-conoideis, 7-10 mm. longis, 3 mm. 

 diametro ; operculo brevissimo, acutissimo, conoideo ; fructu cylindraceo-pyriformi, 

 truncate, 8-10 mm. longo 4-5 mm. diametro; /alvis 3-4, plerumque in orificio inclusis, 



A large tree 40-80 feet high, 2-4 feet in diameter, and usually very sound, locally 

 known as " Ironbark Box." Bark on trunk bard and deeply furrowed like an Ironbark ; 

 branches clean and smooth. Timber pale red, hard, but easy to work. It is used 

 for sleepers and is quite as good as E. sideroxylon and equal to E. crebra. (A. Murphy). 



Juvenile leaves (not seen in the earliest stage) alternate, light green, narrow- 

 oblong to narrow-lanceolate, petiolate, obtuse or mucronate, 4-8 cm. long, 1-1-5 cm. 

 broad; venation very fine, almost invisible; intramarginal vein close to the edge. 



Intermediate leaves thicker than the juvenile leaves, alternate light green, 

 narrow-oblong to narrow lanceolate, 5-9 cm. long, 1-5-2-5 cm. broad; venation more or 

 less obscure, the lateral veins very fine and somewhat distant ; intramarginal vein usually 

 distinct and fairly close to the edge. 



Mature leaves narrow-lanceloate to falcate-lanceolate, very thin, on long 

 terete petioles, 7-10 cm. long, .1-1-5 cm. broad; venation very fine, the lateral veins 

 making an angle of about 40° with the medrib ; intramarginal vein close to the edge. 



Inflorescence in axillary umbels or forming short terminal panicles; peduncles 

 slender, sbghtly angular, bearing 3-6, or sometimes more, pedicellate flowers. Buds 

 linear- clavate to narrow conical, somewhat imperfectly quadrangular, acute, usually 

 showing indications of the first operculum, 7-10 mm. long, about 3 mm. broad at the top. 

 Operculum very short, conoid, very acute. Anthers semi-terminal, irregular in shape 

 shorter and broader than those of E. conica, opening in terminal sbts, and sometimes 

 more than halfway down ; gland usually absent Floral disc inconspicuous, as in nearly, 

 all the boxes and Ironbarks. 



Fruit cybndrical-pyriform truncate or slightly contracted at the top, including the 

 pedicels 8-10 mm. long, 4-5 mm. in diameter. Capsular disc very small, represented by 

 the sbghtly enlarged staminal ring ; valves 3-4, usually well enclosed within the orifice. 



