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DESCRIPTION. 



CCXXXIII. E. Kruseana F.v.M. 



In The Australian Journal of Pharmacy (Melbourne), 20th August, 1895, p. 233. 



It was described under the heading of " Description of a new Eucalyptus from south 

 Western Australia." Following is the original description : — 



Branchlets terete;' leaves small, opposite, sessile, mostly cordate- orbicular, some verging into a 

 renate form, on both, sides as well as the branchlets, peduncles, pedicels and calyces whitish-grey, copiously 

 glandular-dotted, the venules faint, the peripheric close to the edge of the leaves ; peduncles compressed, 

 axillary, 3-4 flowered, about half as long as the leaves ; pedicels variously shorter than the whole calyx, 

 sometimes quite abbreviated; flowers small; tube of the calyx at first almost hemiellipsoid ; operculum 

 semiovate-conical, slightly pointed, about as long as the calyx-tube; filaments yellowish- white, inflected 

 before expansion ; anthers somewhat longer than broad, opening by longitudinal slits ; stigma hardly 

 broader than the style ; fruit-bearing calyx globular semi-ovate, devoid of angulation, contracted at the 

 summit, the rim narrow ; valvules enclosed, but nearly reaching the orifice, usually four. Height of the 

 plant unrecorded, but probably of shrubby stature. Leaves firm, of §-l|- inch measurement. Calyces, 

 inclusive of the lid, hardly above £ inch long. Fruit-calyx as broad as long, measuring fully J inch. 

 Matured seeds as yet unavailable. 



It was named in honour of the late Mr. John Kruse, of Melbourne. 



SYNONYM, 



E. Morrisoni Maiden. 



I described E. Morrisoni in the Journ. Nat. Hist, and Science Soc. of W.A., vol. iii, p. 44 (1910). 

 I find that the two species are identical, and therefore E. Morrisoni must fall. I endeavoured to see 

 Mueller's type many years ago, but it was detained by Mueller's trustees for a number of years, and was 

 not seen by me until Prof. Ewart showed it to me in August, 1911. (Proc. Roy. Soc. N.S.W., xlix, 328, 

 1915.) 



Inasmuch as the description of E. Morrisoni usefully supplements that of Mueller's 

 in certain points, I give it here. E. Kruseana was described with 3-4 flowers, E. Morrisoni 

 up to 7. There are lesser differences. 



A straggling shrub, about 8 feet high. One patch seen 50-150 miles east of Kalgoorlie, Trans- 

 continental Survey. Collected by Henry Deane, M.A., M.Inst.CJE., Consulting Engineer, May, 1909. 



Frutex ramis sparsis circiter 2-5 m. altus. Folia glauca, coriacea, conferta, orbiculata, 1-2 cm. 

 diametro, amplexicaula, inconspicue venosa. 



Flores conferti in fine ramorum umbellis usque ad 7 in capitulo, brevissime pedicellati. Calyx 

 subconicus, sine angulis, gradatim in pedicello, operculum simile forma magnitulineque. 



