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DESCRIPTION. 



CCXXV. E. Abergiana F.v.M. 



In Fragm. xi, 41 (1878). 



Shortly afterwards Mueller redescribed it in English in the " Eucalyptographia " 

 with a Plate. The " Eucalyptographia " description so nearly follows the original that 

 it may be stated here as equivalent to it. 



Finally very tall ; leaves scattered, of thick consistence, oval or elongated-lanceolar, hardly inequi- 

 lateral, shining above, opaque beneath ; the lateral veins copious subtle and very spreading, the longitudinal 

 vein almost contiguous to the margin of the leaves, or but slightly removed from the edge ; panicles terminal ; 

 flower-stalks thick, almost cylindrical, the ultimates bearing 2-6 flowers on exceedingly short or toiihout 

 stalMets ; calyces pale, their tube truncate-ovate, nearly twice as long as the almost hemispheric lid, not 

 angular ; stamens all or nearly all fertile, inflexed before expansion ; anthers oval, with nearly longitudinal 

 dehiscence ; stigma very slightly dilated ; fruits large, oval-umshaped, smooth, with a thin margin and with 

 four enclosed at first horizontal valves ; fertile seeds expanding from their summit into a long membrane, 

 much longer than the slender sterile seeds. 



On the mountains, near Rockingham Bay ; Dallachy. 



A lofty tree, with persistent bark and very expanding branches. Heart-wood very hard, reddish. 

 Branchlets in some instances slender and somewhat angular, in other cases thick and cylindrical. Leaf- 

 stalks f-lj inches long. Leaves measuring 2-i— 4 inches in length or occasionally longer, rarely shortened 

 to an almost oval form, 1-2 inches broad, often very gradually narrowed upwards, blunt at the base. 

 Panicle almost corymbous; its ultimate flower-stalks generally about 1 inch long, as well as the branchlets, 

 pale, not shining. The unopened calyces egg-shaped, their very blunt and rather thick lid rather separating 

 by a horizontal rupture than by a well-defined suture of circumcision; the tube in flowering state about 

 i an inch long, sometimes subsequently slightly turbinate. A few of the outer stamens occasionally devoid 

 of anthers ; filaments, according to the note of the collector, whitish in a fresh state, but reddish-yellow 

 when dry; the longer filaments 4-5 lines long. Anthers hardly \ a line long; their cells separated by a 

 broad connective. Style half-included within the calyx, exceeded by the stamens. Fruit 1 inch long, 

 or somewhat longer, not angular ; the valves deltoid-sha ped, hardly J inch long. Fertile seeds very 

 compressed, terminated by a semi-oval membrane, giving a length of about J inch for the whole seed, 

 including the appendage. 



In the " Eucalyptographia " it is stated to be " a lofty tree with persistent bark 

 and very expanding branches," and with reddish timber. I do not know of any tree 

 belonging to this species which maybe called " lofty " or " stately " (loc. cit), but the 

 species is very little known, and should be further investigated. 



