DESCRIPTION. 



CCLXXXIX. E. taeniola Baker and Smith. 



Jn Papers and Proc. Roy. Soc, Tasmania, 198 (1912), with a plate. 

 Following is the original description : — 



Arbor mediocra, altudinern 40-50 pedes attinens ; iamusculi teretes, gracilcs. Cortex trunci in 

 Iarninis duris, similiter " Peppermint " geneiis. Folia alternata, semi-coriacta, angusta lanceolata v. 

 lineata (tseniola) 12 uncias longa, £ uneia lata ; venis paiurn insignis acutis obliqiris, vena peiipherica a folii 

 margine conspicue remora. Peduneulis axillaris, solitaiiis 5-9 floris pedicellis vix ullis. Calyx turtfmatis 

 operculum hemispherieum v. conicum. Fiuctus turbinatus, margo contraeto, concavo, \ uncia longa, 

 \ uncli lata, valvae prorsus inclusse. t 



A tree about 40 to 50 feet high and 2 feet in diameter, with a " Peppermint " baik. " Sucker " 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, stiaight, 4 to 6 inches long, \ inch wide, opposite or alternate. Normal leaves 

 narro vr -linear to linear, lanceolate, up to nearly 1 foot long, thin, venation not pronounced, but best seen 

 in larger leaves, lateral veins very oblique, intramarginal vein removed from the edge. Peduncles axillary, 

 but (through the falling off of the leaves) the inflorescence sometimes appears paniculate. Flowers few 

 in the head. Calyx pyriform ; operculum small, compressed, slightly pointed. 



Fruits pear-shaped, \ inch long and J inch wide, tapering into a short pedicel, rim countersunk, 

 valves not exserted. 



RANGE. 



The specimens upon which this species is founded were obtained by Mr. L. G. 

 Irby, at St. Mary's Pass, Tasmania. 



AFFINITIES. 



1 and 2. With E. Sieberiana F.v.M., and E. amygdalina Labill. 



In its native habitat — 



It was found growing amongst trees of E. virgata and E. amygdalina Labill., and from which he 

 (Mr. Irby) states the species is easily differentiated in the field from its cougeners. The bark is finer checked 

 than E. virgata, running more closely to the " Peppermint " bark in texture than the latter species. 



