=62 J. H. MAIDEN. 



sime petiolatis, angusto-linearibus, 7*5-9 cm. longis, crassis, duris 

 venis inconspicuis. Pedunculis brevissimis vel absentibus 2-4 

 floris; calycistubo conoideo operculo acuminato conoideo sequilongo. 

 Antheris E. angustissimae similibus. Flores non vidimus. 



"A small thin-stemmed, branching-from-the-root-gum, about 6 

 to 8 feet high on the average. White flowers, yellow pointed 

 buds. Ants very numerous on the bark." (J. T. Jutson). 

 Branchlets flattened at the tips, but soon becoming terete. 



Juvenile leaves not seen. 



Mature leaves very shortly petiolate, narrow linear, acuminate, 

 slightly twisted, 7*5 - 9 cm. (say 3 - 3 J inches) long, wiry, thickish 

 and tough, the veins inconspicuous, often channelled at the incon- 

 spicuous midrib. 



Peduncles axillary, very short or absent, flattened, each with 

 two to four flowers. 



Buds sessile or tapering into a short, flattened, pedicel-like 

 process, the calyx-tube conoid, and of the same length as the 

 -acuminate conical operculum. 



Flowers. — Stamens inflected in the bud, anthers renantheroid 

 (i.e., somewhat resembling the Renantherse), and apparently 

 similar to those of E. angustissima. Style long, the stigma scarcely 

 thickened, the ovary conical. 



Fruits not seen. 



Type from Comet Vale, W.A. (John Thomas Jutson, 

 No. 216. Formerly Geological Surveyor on the staff of the 

 Geological Survey of Western Australia). 



Range. 

 It is only known from Oomet Vale, a township on the 

 railway line 63 miles north of Kalgoorlie, 



Affiinities. 

 1. With E. angustissima F.v.M. Its closest affinity 

 appears to be with the imperfectly known E. angustissima. 

 See O.R., Part xix, with Plate 84. 



