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DESCRIPTION. 



CCXXXIV. E. Dawsoni R. T. Baker. 



In Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xxiv, 295 (1899), with a Plate (XXI). 



E. Dawsoni is referred to at Part XIII, p. 109 of the present work (1911), but is there 

 looked upon as a synonym of E. polyanthemos. In Part LIX, p. 242, of my " Forest 

 Flora of New South Wales " (1916) I was inclined to recognise E. Dawsoni as a separate 

 species, but hesitated, for reasons stated. I have now come to the conclusion that 

 E. Dawsoni is sufficiently distinct. 



Following is the original description : — 



A tall tree with a smooth bark, the foliage, branchlets, buds and fruits glaucous. Young leaves 

 broadly lancjolate 6 inches long and over 3 inches wide, on a petiole over an inch long, very obtuse, 

 glaucous on both sides, venation distinct. Mature leaves mostly short, oblong-lanceolate, very obtuse, 

 rarely acuminate, occasionally reddish in colour, venation fairly distinct, lateral veins not distant, 

 intramarginal vein close to the edge. Peduncles axillary but mostly in large terminal corymbs, exceeding 

 the leaves. Buds on young trees 3 lines long, 1£ lines in diameter, sessile or on short pedicels; operculum 

 hemispherical, obtuse ; on mature trees 4 to 5 lines long, 1 line in diameter, the calyx tapering into a filiform, 

 pedicel, operculum conical, acute. Ovary domed at the summit. Stamens all fertile, inflexed in the 

 bud, filaments thick in proportion to the diameter of the anthers. Anthers very small, cylindrical, 

 Tounded at the base and truncate at the top, opening by terminal pores. Fruit small, turbinate, pedicel 

 almost filiform, mostly a line in diameter and under 2 lines long, rim thin, capsule sunken, valves not 

 exserted. 



Illustrations. 



It is figured (as E. polyanlhemos) in Plate 58 (Part XIII) of the present work, 

 under the following figures : — 4, 9, 10, 11. With the figures now submitted (5-8, 

 Plate 175) it is suggested that the characters of the species are clear. 



SYNONYM. 



None, but hitherto included by me in E. polyemthemos. It is undoubtedly a 

 geminate species. 



RANGE. 



The species is confinedto New South Wales as far as we know. In the original 

 description we lave the following localities. " Ridges on the watershed of the Goulburn 

 River (R. T. Baker) ; across the main Divide at Cassilis, and north-west to Pilliga (Prof. 

 W. H. Warren)." 



