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DESCRIPTION. 



CCLXXL E. Penrithensis Maiden. 



In Joiirn. Roy. Soc. N.S.W., xlvii, 227 (1913). 



Following- is the original description : — ■ 



Arbor mediocris, " Bastard Stringybark " vocata. Cortex trunci dura et subfibrosa. Kami 

 teretes. Folia matura crassiuscula, venis nitentibus, distinctis, patentibus, vena peripherica a margine 

 remota. Alabastri stellulati, juvenes angulatiusculi, matuii clavatiores. Operculum conicum. Flores 

 paniculati 4-10 in umbella quaque. Antlierae reniformes. Fructus hemisphaerici ad fere pilulares 

 diametro circiter 5 mm. margine lsevo et conspicuo. Fructus a pedicello filiforme acute disjuncti. 



"Bastard Stringybark" or "Peppermint." Two miles east of Penrith, New South Wales (J. L. 

 Boorman, January, 1900). A tree of medium height and very scarce locally. 



Bark hard fibrous on the trunk, branches smooth, intermediate in character between a " Stringy- 

 bark" and a "Peppermint." 



Timber reddish brown and with concentric though not abundant gum-veins. 



Intermediate leaves petiolate, falcate, acuminate, mostly unsymmetrical, rather coriaceous, 

 equally green on both sides, venation prominent, spreading, intramarginal vein well removed from the edge. 

 Average size say 13 cm. by 3 cm. broad. 



Mature leaves much smaller, say 9 cm. by 1 cm. broad, rather thick, shiny, plentifully besprinkled 

 with black dots, venation the same, resembling those of intermediate leaves. 



Bads stellulate and somewhat angled when very young, more clavate as maturity approaches. 

 Operculum conical, the calyx-tube tapering into a short pedicel. 



Flowers paniculate, 4 to 10 in the individual umbel, which has a slightly flattened common peduncle 

 under 1 cm. long. Anthers kidney-shaped. 



Fruit hemispherical to nearly pilular, diameter about 5 mm. with a well-defined smooth rim, tips 

 of the valves either sunk, or not protruding beyond the orifice. The fruit is sharply separated from the 

 filiform pedicel. 



SYNONYM. 



E. Marsdeni C. Hall, in Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xliii, 747 (with a Plate). 



I submit drawings of the types of both E. Penrithensis and E. Marsdeni. The 

 material is not large in either case ; the barks are the same ; the fruit of E. Penrithensis 

 is a little smaller, but I can find no botanical differences between them. Dr. Hall 

 realises that the species is not a strong one, calling it " f. vel sp. nov." He also says : 

 " I have named this form or species tentatively E. Marsdeni, after the Rev. Samuel 

 Marsden, the first incumbent of St. John's Church, Parramatta." 



