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DESCRIPTION. 



CCCXLVI. E. citriodora Hooker. 



Mitchell's tropical Australia, 235 (1848). 

 The original will be found at Part XLIII, p. 89. 



The description by Bentham is as follows : — 



A tree with a smooth bark (F. Mueller), the foliage emitting a strong odour of citron when rubbed 

 (Mitchell), evidently very closely allied to E. corymbosa. In the imperfect state of our specimens (in leaf 

 only, with loose fruits or in young bud) it can only be distinguished from that species by the veins of the 

 leaves rather more distinct, the pedicles shorter, the fruit scarcely so large, contracted at the orifice, but 

 without so distinct a neck, and by the seeds almost equally large, but very obscurely or not at all winged. 

 F. Muell. Fragm. II, 47 (B. Fl. Ill, 257.) 



Xot without doubt, I have come to the conclusion that there is sufficient evidence 

 to keep E. citriodora distinct as a species from E. maculuta. My reasons are given 

 under " Affinity." 



SYNONYMS. 



1. E. melissiodora Lindley. See Part XLIII, p. 89, and doubtfully accepted 

 by Bentham as a species in B.Fl., iii, 254. See p. 90 of Part XLIII. Whether we 

 shall accept E. melissiodora in preference to E. citriodora is a matter of expediency. 

 They were both collected on the same day (16th July, 1846), and they were both 

 described on the same page of Mitchell's " Tropical Australia," p. 235. In an analogous 

 case an eminent botanist said he used the botanical name which came first on the page. 

 In the present instant E. melissiodora comes first ! I do not think there is any 

 authoritative ruling by a Botanical Congress in a case like this, and I therefore adopt 

 the name E. citriodora for the practical reason that its use would least disturb botanical 

 nomenclature. 



2. E. variegata F.v.M. See this work, Part XLIII, p. 90. 



3. E. maculatd Hook., var. citriodora F.v.M. See Part XLIII, p. 88. 



