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DESCRIPTION. 



CCL VIII. E. Normantonensis Maiden and Cambage. 



In J own. Roy. Soc. N.S.W., Hi, 490 (1918.) 



" Box "-arbores parvae altae pedes decern ad triginta, interdum aliquem de " Mallee " admonentes. 

 " Box "-cortex in arboris trunco et ramis magnis. Rami superiores interdum leves et subvirides. Arbores 

 localiter ut " Box " cognitae. 



Folia juvenilia. — In conditione immaturissima non vita, sed sub-glauca sunt, ramusculi angulares, 

 folia lanceolata, exique petiolata, longa circiter novem cm. (tres uncias et dimidium) et 2-2-5 cm. lata, 

 irregulariter pinnata, venae secundariee apud angulum 45° e media costa; vena intramarginata clare a 

 margine denota. 



Folia matura. — Lucide viridia, aliquanto nitida, contusa nullum oleiodorem dant. Angusta- 

 lanceolata, pyramidata speciatim in apice, directa vel aliquanto falcata, petiolata, ad decern cm. (quatuor 

 uncias) et longiora, et plerumque infra unum cm. lata, viridia cum flavedine, utrobique color idem, cum 

 multis inconspicuis fere pinnatis venis secundariis. 



Flores. — Pedunculi aliquanto breves terminates in exemplis. conducibilibus, in singulis umbellis 

 circiter quinque ad septem flores aliquanto parvi. Gemmae obtuse clavatae, calycistubus gradatim 

 pyramidatus in pediculum. Gemmae saepe alterius vel externi operculi vertigium gerunt. Operculum 

 hemisphaerium cum mucrone brevissimo, in longum circiter supremi calycis tubi trientem. Antherse ut in 

 E. gracilis. 



Fructus. — Fructus parvus, cylindraceus-urceolatus, circiter quatuor mm. longus et tres mm. latus. 

 Ora angusta ab annulo stamines constante coronata, capsula profunde suppressa. 



Typus.— R. H. Cambage, No. 3,930 (fructifer). 



Pauca millia passuum ad orientem et meridiem e " Normanton " (sinus " Carpentaria " c'vitas 

 Queensland ") in formationem arenaceam et cretaceam calculos ferreos continentem. 



Etiam in viani a" Normanton " ad" Cloncurry " inter rivos" Normanton " et" Flinders " occurrit. 



Small Box-trees of 10 to 30 feet, sometimes suggestive of Mallee. Box-bark on trunk and large 

 branches. Upper branches sometimes smooth and greenish. Known locally as " Box." 



Juvenile leaves.— Not seen in the earliest state, but are sub-glaucous, branchlets angular, leaves 

 lanceolate, shortly petiolate, up to say 9 cm. (3| inches) long, and 2-2-5 cm broad, irregularly pinnate, the 

 secondary veins at about an angle of 45 degrees with the midrib ; intramarginal vein distinctly removed 

 from the edge. 



Mature leaves. — Bright green, somewhat shiny, give no odour of oil when crushed. Narrow- 

 lanceolate, tapering, particularly to the apex, straight or somewhat falcate, petiolate, up to 10 cm. (4 

 inches) and more, and usually under 1 cm. wide, yellowish green, the same colour on both sides, with 

 numerous not conspicuous almosS pinnate secondary veins. 



Flowers. — Peduncles shortish, terminal in the specimens available, each umbel with about five 

 to seven rather small flowers. Buds bluntly clavate, the calyx-tube gradually tapering into the pedicel. 

 The buds often carry the remains of a second or outer operculum. The operculum hemispherical, with 

 a very short mucro, about a third as long as the ridge calyx-tube. Anthers as in E. gracilis. 



Fruits. — Fruit small, cylindroid-urceolate, about 4 mm. long and 3 mm. broad. The narrow rim 

 crowned by a persistent staminal ring, the capsule deeply sunk. 



Type. R. H. Cambage, No. 3,930 (in fruit). 



