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DESCRIPTION. 



CCCVII.xE. Yagobiei Maiden, n.sp. 



Reputed parents, E. microtheca F.v.M., and E. hemijphloia F.v.M. var. ' albens. 



A Box. A glaucous foliaged tree of medium size, with a whitish, furrowed, fibrous-flaky bark on the trunk, 

 the branches smooth. Timber pale-coloured, drying pale-brown. 



Juvenile leaves shortly pedunculate, thickish, broadly-ovate, approximating 4 cm. in length 

 and breadth, secondary veins fine, almost transverse, making an angle of about 60 degrees with the midrib, 

 the intramarginal vein distinct from the edge. 



Mature leaves shortly petiolate, coriaceous, narrow-lanceolate, symmetrical, the apex terminating 

 in a blunt point, not much exceeding 1 dm. long, usually more than 1 cm. broad, venation inconspicuous 

 when mature, much more conspicuous in the immature stages, secondary veins almost pennate, and making 

 an angle of about 45 degrees with the midrib, the intramarginal vein distinct from the edge. 



Flowers. — The inflorescence paniculate, the slightly flattened peduncles bearing umbels three- 

 flowered or more, on distinct pedicels, the buds small, symmetrical, the opercula and calyx-tubes conoid, 

 the greatest diameter under 4 mm. Anthers opening in parallel slits, small gland at top, usually becoming 

 broader at the base. Filament attached at the base; not versatile. 



Fruits hemispherical to pear-shaped, up to 5 mm. in greatest diameter, tapering somewhat abruptly 

 to a pedicel, the valves (usually three) well exserted. 



RANGE. 



This is the tree of which I wrote three years ago — 



B. Bark white like a White Box (E. hemiphloia var. albens), but the foliage is like Silver-leaf Ironbark 

 {E. melanophloia). All the surrounding trees are Silver-leaf Ironbark. This is the first tree of its kind 

 I have noticed in this division. Parish Yagobie, county Burnett. (W. M. Brennan.) Again reporting on 

 this tree, Mr. Brennan says : " Grows on a red ridge, well away from the river, and the only Coolabah 

 (E. microtheca) tree I know of is about 5 miles away; this tree is somewhat similar in foliage to the tree 

 in Mr. Soiling's paddock (See A). (A. is E. melanophloia, and the tree is described at p. 70), but the bark ia 

 very different, being white like the White Box bark. Mr. District Forester Gordon Burrow has visited 

 this tree, and confirms Mr. Brennan's observations. Excellent specimens are before me." {J own. Roy. 

 Soe. N.S.W., liii, 71 (1919).) 



The locality is northern New South Wales, on the banks of the Gwydir River. 



