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DESCRIPTION. 



CCLVI. E. Camfieldi Maiden. 



In Joum. Roy. Soc. N.S.W., LIV, 66 (1920). 



Following is the original description : — 



Frutex vel arbor pumila fere Mallee similis, statu immaturo pilis stellatis vestitis, cortice fibrosa ; 

 foliis junioribus scabrissimis, pilis stellatis dense vestitis, parvis, eordatis vel orbicularibus, saepe 

 emarginatis; foliis maturis coriaceissimis, nitentibus, oblongis vel late lanceolatis, obliquis, apice obtuso; 

 alabastris ca. 9 capitulo, sessilibus pedunculo breve, angulatissimis sed post anthesin ovoideis; antheris 

 reniformibus ; fructibus hemisphaericis ad 1 cm. diametro in capitulis, compressis, capsula 4-loculare, 

 apicibus distincte exsertis. 



A low branching shrub or stunted tree, almost Mallee-like and under 12 feet in height, and with 

 stems about two inches in diameter. Covered with stellate hairs when young. Bark scaly-fibrous or 

 fibrous, flattish, tough — a Stringybark. 



Juvenile leaves very scabrous, abundantly provided with stellate hairs in the earliest stage, 

 cordate to orbicular, often emarginate, never lanceolate in the young state. Often 2 cm. by 2 cm. with 

 intermediate sizes up to 4 cm. by 4 cm. (They remind one irresistibly of Angophora cordifolia, and wh'en 

 small as well as young, of Coma speciosa.) 



Mature leaves remarkably coriaceous and oblong to broadly lanceolate, with a blunt point, oblique, 

 lustrous or shiny, as if varnished. Up to 1 dm. long, and, say, 3-5 cm. broad. Oblique and coarse in the 

 intermediate stage with a mucro. 



Buds about nine in the head, small, very angular through compression, becoming ovoid or scarcely 

 angular on anthesis, sessile on a short peduncle or none. Anthers renantherous, but 'not typically so. 



Fruits* hemispherical, up to 1 cm. in diameter, in heads, compressed, sometimes so much so that 

 they are almost syncarpous, with a shiny dark-red rim, capsule four-celled with the t'ps distinctly exsert. 



The type is from Middle Harbour, Port Jackson, 25th May, 1897. Julius Henry Camfield, for many 

 years Overseer of the Gard:n Pa'ace Grounds, Botanic Gardens, Sydney, who died 26th November, 1916, 

 was not only an excellent gardener, but a competent botanist, and I have much pleasure in dedicating 

 this interesting species to his memory. 



RANGE. 



On exposed situations on sandstone tops, only known at present between Broken 

 Bay and George's River, a few miles north and south of Port Jackson, New South 

 Wales. There is little doubt that careful search will greatly extend the range. Following 

 are specific localities :— * 



About half a mile south of the 17-mile- post on the Galston road from Hornsby 

 (W. F. Blakely). The west side of Berowra Creek, Hornsby, or about one and a half 

 miles from the .V7-rnile post above. 



