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DESCRIPTION. 



CCCXLV. E. Comitae-Vallis n.sp. 



Frutex procerus erectus vel arbor parva, corticc lsevi; foliis juvenilibus invisis; foliis maturis crassis, 

 flavo-viridibus, nitentibus, petiolatis, lanceolatis, minus culis, venis secundariis e costa media 20-40° 

 orientibus; inflorescentia axillari, pedunculis teretibus, umbellis ad 7 in capitulo, pedicellis brevibus; 

 operculo hemispherico non costato, calycis tubi sub-cylindracei dimidium fequante ; fructibus sub- 

 cylindraceis, circa 7 mm. diametro, 9-10 mm. longis, margine tenuiore, valvis distincte demersis. 



A tall, erect shrub or small tree, with smooth bark. 



Juvenile leaves not seen. 



Mature leaves thick, yellowish-green on both sides, shiny or with egg-shell lustre, petiolate, 

 lanceolate, rather small, say 12 mm. broad and 7 cm. long, intramarginal vein distinct from the edge, 

 venation spreading, the secondary veins making angles of 20-40° with the midrib. 



InfloreSCCUCe axillary with long, almost terete peduncles supporting umbels up to seven in the 

 head on distinct pedicels. Operculum hemispherical or with a short umbo, not ribbed, half the length 

 of the sub-cylindrical calyx-tube, which runs rather abruptly into the pedicel. Anthers long, with parallel 

 slits, and with a big gland at the back. Filaments yellowish. 



Fruit sub-cylindrical, about 7 mm. in diameter and 9 or 10 mm. long, rim rather thin, the valves 

 distinctly sunk. 



Type Comet Vale. Western Australia (J. T. Jutson, No. 239). 



RANGE. 



Only known from Western Australia, and from one locality, viz., Comet Vale, 

 63 miles nortli of Kalgoorlie (J. T. Jutson, No. 239). The Mallees or Mailocks of 

 Western Australia will well repay the attention of careful collectors in order to decide 

 their range, and also to obtain complete material of some of them, which is not yet 

 available. 



