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DESCRIPTION. 



CCCV. x E. Forsythii Maiden, nsp. 



Reputed parents, E. melliodora A. Cunn., and an Ironbark (? E. crebra F.v.M.). 



Ax Ironbark. Colour of timber not known. 



Jnvenile leaves not known. 



Mature leaves dull green, lanceolate, scarcely falcate, tapering to the apex, and also gradually 

 to the petiole, about 12 cm. in average length, and 2 cm. in greatest width, with a petioie of 1-5 cm., 

 venation spreading, the intramarginal vein much removed from the edge, giving the leaf a triplinerved 

 appearance. 



Flowers. — No opercula on the specimens available, anthers obliquely truncate. 



Frtlits nearly hemispherical in shape, and 7 mm. in diameter, with a dark-coloured broadish rim, 

 best seen on the top of the expanding orifice, and reminding one of the rim (and shape of fruit) of 



E. Juemastama. 



Named in honour of the late Mr. William Forsyth, for many years the respected Superintendent 

 of the Centennial Park, Sydney. 



RANGE. 



On the Coonabarabran-Baradine road, Pilliga Scrub, New South Wales (William 



Forsyth, October, 1899). 



AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. melliodora A. Cunn. 



It differs in the dull or glaucous foliage, but resembles E. melliodora in the mature 

 leaves. There are, however, important differences in the fruits, and in the bark, for 

 the new species is an Ironbark. 



2. With E. hcemastuma Sm. 



Under the description of the fruit I have a note as to its similarity to this species, 

 but this appears the only similarity. 



