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DESCRIPTION. 



CCCXXXIV. E. conglobata (H.Br.), Maiden. 



(For a history of this species see under " Synonyms." The following description 

 is now offered.) 



A dwarf, spreading Mallee, or a medium-sized tree up to 50 feet high, with a stem-diameter up to 

 2 feet. Bark smooth or ribbonv. timber pale-coloured. (See p. 276.) 



Juvenile leaves probably broad, but not seen in the youngest state. 



Intermediate leaves broad lanceolate, 5-10 cm. long, 4 cm. broad, thick, a pale olive green on 

 both sides, obscurely veined, the median nerve alone conspicuous; intramarginal nerve close to the edge. 



Mature leaves thick, rigid, often spreading at right angles from the stem, narrow to broad 

 lanceolate, acuminate, the apex sometimes uncinate, 6-14 cm. long, l-J-2 cm. broad; petioles slightly 

 ficxuose. compressed 1.1—2 cm. long, pale olive green on both surfaces, usually obscurely veined, the 

 median nerve yellowish brown, conspicuous on both sides, channelled above, scarcely raised beneath, 

 passing gradually into the well defined petiole, the secondary veins making angles of about 30-40 degrees 

 with the mid-rib. the intramarginal nerve very close to the edge. 



Branclllets angular, compressed, marked by the decurrent linos of the petioles. 



Flowers closely capitate, 5-8 in the head, the peduncle very short, thick, somewhat quadrangular. 

 Boils robust, closely sessile, ovate, acute, about 10 mm. long. Operculum conical, thick, somewhat striate, 

 usually slightly longer than the broad calyx-tube. Filaments numerous, all antlierif erous ; anthers rather 

 large, with a large prominent gland on the back. 



Fruits closely sessile, broadly hemispherical, truncate, thick, slightly dipterous. 6 x 10 mm., valves 

 broad, included or slightly exsert. the rim more or less prominent. 



I have made Port Lincoln. South Australia (J.H.M., January, 1907, the 

 type. See p. 275.) Robert Brown undoubtedly, and probably Allan Cunningham, 

 collected it there. Wilhelmi collected it there many years later. 



SYNONYMS. 



Reference to B.F1. hi, 231, will show that Bentham included in E. 

 incrassata Labill., a somewhat large number of synonyms. Mueller followed him, 

 and I followed both. 



In Part IV, p. 90, of the present work, I added additional synonyms, of 



which 1 abandoned E. goniaritha Turcz., and E. grossa F.v.M., in Part XVI, 



and E. dumosa A. Cunn. in Part XXXVIII. The matter of dealing with the 



synonyms of E. incmssata has been complicated by the unavailability of the 



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