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DESCRIPTION. 



CCL. E. Bakeri Maiden. 



In Journ. Roy. Soc. N.S.W., xlvii, 87 (1913), 



Following is the original description : — 



Frutex altus similis Mallee, vel arbor parva 30-60' alta. Trunci cortex dura et squamosa. Eamuli 

 laeves. Lignum durum, grave, rubrum. Folia juvena obscuro-virentia, concoloria, linearo-lanceolata, 

 vix acuminata, 9 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, oleosa, indistincte venosa, penniveniis, vena peripherica a margine 

 remota. Umbellse plerumque axillares, multiflora?, saepe 10-13 florae. Operculum elongatum calycis tubo 

 multo longiore, cujus diameter leniter latior est. Fructus diametro circiter 5 mm., truncato-spheroidei. 

 Valvarum apices subulati, 2 mm. exserti. 



A large shrub or small, pendulous, Willow-like tree, attaining a height of 30-50 feet, forming a single 

 stem or stooling from the ground. 



Bark dark, box-like, or hard and scaly up to its branches, falling away in long flakes, rough at the 

 butt, branches clean, bluish-green or pale-yellow to white right up to the tips. 



Wood hard and heavy, of a deep red when freshly cut, becoming browner with age, the grain of 

 the timber fibrous, very tough, reputed to be an excellent timber for wheelwrights' work. 



Juvenile leaves dull green on both sides, linear-lanceolate, hardly acuminate, about 6 or 7 cm. 

 long, the venation not distinct, the intramarginal vein close to the edge, the lateral veins penniveined, 

 plentifully besprinkled with oil-dots and the branchlets angular and glandular. 



Mature leaves linear-lanceolate, petiolate, acuminate or with a hooked tip, bright-green, dull- 

 shiny, richly covered with oil-dots, venation indistinct, the intramarginal vein distinct from the edge, the 

 lateral veins penniveined. Average dimensions 9 by 1 cm. 



(If the species were gregarious, it would probably be found to be a valuable oil-yielding species.) 



Flowers. — Umbels mostly axillary and flowers numerous, often 10-13 in an umbel, which sometimes 

 takes on a stellulate appearance. Operculum elongated, very much longer than the calyx-tube, which is 

 of slightly increased diameter, and which tapers, somewhat abruptly, into the short pedicel. The common 

 peduncle about 1 cm. 



Anthers small, renantheroid, but the two cells more united than in the Eenantherse; spherical 

 gland at top and back. 



Fruits. — Small, about 5 mm. in diameter, truncate-spheroid, the tips of the valves awl-shaped, 

 and protruding 2 mm. from the orifice. 



Enclosing the valves, and torn by the tips of them as the fruit ripens is a thin, white membrane, 

 which gives the rim and orifice a whitish appearance, and which, if present in all, is only obvious in a 

 few species of this genus. 



This is a specially interesting species, rich in oil, which I name in honour of Mr. Richard Thomas 

 Baker, who has done very valuable work in connection with this genus. 



