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DESCRIPTION. 



CCLXX. E. Pilligaensis Maiden. 



In Journ. Roy. Soc. N.S.W., liv, 163 (1920). 



Following is the original description : — 



Arbor mediocris, cortice cana E. hemiphloiae simile et in tranco ramisque persistente ; ligno brunneo, 

 fibris tortuosis; foliis junioribus lineari-lanceolatis ca 10 cm. longis et 1-25 cm. latis, utrinque obscuris, 

 venis distinctis sed praeter costam non conspicuis, vena peripherica a margine paullo remota, venis patent- 

 ibus; foliis maturis angusto-lanceolatis ca 10 cm. longis, 2-5 cm. latis, nitentibus vel obscuro-nitentibus 

 utrinque, venis junioribus foliis similibus; alabastris non angularibus, operculo conico, calyce in pedicillum 

 angustato ; antheris E. odoratae similibus, stigma paullo dilata ; fructibus parvis conoideis ad subcylindraceis 

 ca 3 mm. longis in pedicellum paullo longiorem angustatis, pedunculo ca 9 mm. ; margine distincta valvis 

 plerumque 4, valde immersis. 



A medium-sized tree. 



Hark. — Whitish grey like that of E. kemiphloia, and persistent as in that species, on the trunk and 

 main branches. 



Timber. — Brown coloured and interlocked. 



Juvenile leaves. — Linear-lanceolate, say 10 cm. (4 inches) long and say 1-25 cm. (|- inch) broad, 

 dull on both sides, venation distinct though not conspicuous, except as regards the midrib. Intramarginal 

 vein a little distant from the edge, venation spreading. 



Mature leaves. — Narrow lanceolate, say 10 cm. (4 inches) long, and up to say 2-5 cm. (-J- inch) 

 broad, shining or dull-shining (egg-shell lustre) on both sides; venation as in juvenile leaves. 



Buds. — Not angular, with conical operculum, the calyx tapering into the pedicel. 



Flowers. — Anthers very similar to those of E. odorala; the stigma slightly dilated. 



Fruits. — Small, conoid to subcylindrical, say 3 mm. (J- inch) long, tapering to a pedicel rather 

 exceeding that length, into a common peduncle of 9 mm. ( $ inch) ; rim distinct, valves usually four, well sunk. 



This tree has received both attention and neglect, because it has been by some looked upon as 

 included in E. Woollsiana R. T. Baker. As I have now no hesitation in saying that it is not included in 

 E. Woollsiana (compare Mr. Baker's figures of that species), and as I am of opinion that it has not been 

 formally described as a species, I offer it as new. Inasmuch as it is so common in the Pilliga Scrub, New 

 South Wales, that the district may be looked upon as a focus of it, the specific name chosen may be useful. 



Illustrations. — See Part XI, Plate 51, figures 27-30 of the present work; also 

 my " Forest Flora of New South Wales," Part XLI, Plate 152, figures B and C, for 

 much larger and better figures. These were all drawn from a specimen collected by 

 me at Narrabri, New South Wales, in November, 1899, and form the type. A 

 photograph block of saplings at Gilgandra, New South Wales (R. H. Cambage) was 

 backed by specimens referable to this new species. All the figures were labelled 

 E. odorata var. Woollsiana. 



