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DESCRIPTION. 



CCLII. E. eremophila Maiden. 



In Jovrn. Roy. Soe. N.S.W., liv. 71 (1920). 



Following is the original description :■ — 



Frutex vel arbor mediocris, cortice laeve, squamosa, ramulis glaucescentibus ; foliis junioribus 

 angusto-lanceolatis vel lanceolatis ; foliis maturis lineari-lanceolatis ad lanceolatis, coriaceis, nitentibus 

 venis secondariis temiibus sed remotiusculis, non peunivenis, pedunculis elongatis, applauatis, pedicellis 

 fere teretibus ca. 5 mm. longis, cal)'cis tubo oblongo vel cylindroideo, turbinato, ca. 5 mm. longo ; operculo 

 cornuto calycis tubo ca. quinquies sequilongo, diametro distincte minore ; filamentis antherisque cornutis 

 similibus ; fructibus cylindroideis vel sphsericis, calycis tubo crasso, capsulae apice applanato fere margiiii 

 aequante, fruetu truncate 



A shrub or medium-sized tree, with smooth, scaly bark. Branchlets glaucesceut. 



Juvenile leaves (suckers) not available, in the earliest stage, but probably narrow. Those of 

 the seedlings are narrow-lanceolate to lanceolate. 



Mature leaves linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, coriaceous, shim', not glaucesceut, the secondary 

 veins fine but rather distant, and, at all events in the intermediate stage, spreading and roughly parallel , 

 not feather-veined. 



Peduncles elongate, flattened; pedicels nearly terete, distinct, about 5 mm. long. 



Calyx-tube oblong or cylindroid turbinate, about 5 mm. long. 



Operculum sometimes coloured (reddish), straight or horn-shaped, up to 5 times as long as the 

 calyx-tube, and much less in diameter. Filaments yellowish, sometimes crimson, angular, glandular, and 

 ,vith anthers as in the Cornutse. 



Fruits cylindroid to spherical ; top of the capsule nearly flush with the rim, giving the fruit, when 

 not fully ripe, a characteristically truncate, flatfish appearance. When the fruit is ripe its mouth becomes 

 rounded and somewhat contracted. 



SYNONYM. ■'■;_- 



E. occidentalis Endlicher, var. eremophila Diels, in Engler's Jahrb., xxxv, 442, 

 1905. See also Part XXXYI, p. 147, of the present work. Figured at Plate 149, 

 figures 7-11. 



The relations of E. occidentalis Endl. var. grandiflora Maiden (Part XXXVI, 

 p. 149, and figures 1 and 2, Plate 150) to E. eremophila remain a matter for further 

 consideration. 



