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DESCRIPTION. 



CCXLV. E. similis Maiden. 



In Proc. Roy. Soc. N.S.W., xlvii, 90, (1913). 



Following is the original description : — 



Arbor mediocris. Folia juvena tenua, glabra, pedunculata, ovato-acuroinata. Folia matura 

 angusto-lanceolata, flavo-virentia, concoloria, circiter 12 cm. longa, 2 cm. lata. Venae laterales, pinnatae 

 distinctae, vena peripherica distincta et a margine remota. Umbellae confertae, multiflorae, plerumque 

 in panicula terminale corymbosaque. Calycis tubus irregulariter costatus. Operculum heniisphoericum 

 vel umbonatum. Fructus vix 1 cm. longi, truncato-ovoidei, in orifieium sensim contract!. 



A tree of medium size ; notes on bark and timber uncertain. 



Juvenile foliage. — Thin, parchment-like, perfectly glabrous, not seen strictly opposite, 

 pedunculate, ovate-acuminate. Size of a specimen, 6 by 3 cm. 



Mature foliage. — Narrow-lanceolate or slightly falcate, petiolate, the petioles flattened and 

 twisted, length of blade up to 12 cm. and more, with a greatest width of about 2 cm. Equally yellowish- 

 green on both sides, rather shiny, venation distinct, and nearly as prominent on the upper as on the lower 

 side. Midrib very prominent, lateral veins pinnate and very distinct, the intramarginal vein distinct and 

 removed from the edge. 



Buds aud Flowers. — Inflorescence profuse, in a loose umbel, several-flowered, mostly in a 

 terminal corymbose panicle, the peduncles slightly compressed or angular, calyx-tube irregularly ribbed, 

 shiny ; opercula hemispherical or umbonate, shiny. Filaments yellow, anthers with. long, narrow adnate 

 cells, with a moderately large gland at the back, and the filament attached half-way up. 



fruits. — Sharply separated from the short pedicel, on a slightly flattened common peduncle of 

 about 1-5 cm. Truncate-ovoid, gradually constricted towards the orifice, barely 1 cm. long and about 6 mm. 

 at the orifice. Three-valved, the valves blunt, and these capsule teeth not adherent to the calyx-tube. 



(In the above description two errors have crept in. The intramarginal vein 

 is not removed from the edge, or, at most, only occasionally, and then only to a brief 

 distance. The description of the calyx -tube as "irregularly ribbed " is a slip of the 

 pen. The words should have been applied to the fruits. See figure 3c, Plate 18*2.) 



The seeds are not winged. 



