216 J. H. MAIDEN AND R. H. CAMBAGE. 



Flowers. Inflorescence paniculate, the individual umbels 

 three to nine in the head. 



Anthers semi-terminal, nearly globular in shape, open- 

 ing in small pores on each side near the top. Filament at 

 the base, small gland on the top. 



Fruits. Fruits small, conoid, about 3 cm. in diameter 

 and the calyx-tube about the same length, tapering, not 

 perfectly gradually, into the pedicel, rim thin, tips of the 

 valves flush with the orifice, which is not constricted. 



Habitat. Type from Reid River near Townsville. (N. 

 Daley, Sept. and Dec, 1912.) 



Wirra Wirra, Almaden to Forsayth, North Queensland, 

 growing on a somewhat sandy-conglomerate formation 

 which furnishes a more siliceous soil than that usually 

 selected by Box trees. (R. H. Oambage, No. 3895, August, 

 1913). 



Synonyms. 



E. bicolor, A. Cunn. var. parviflora, F.v.M., Burdekin 

 River (see B. Fl. iii, 215) E. populifolia, F.v.M. non Hook. 



Scrub Box tree of the Burdekin River, but not the Box 

 tree of the Suttor River, labelled as above, which is E. 

 populifolia, Hook. 



All the above specimens were examined by Mueller, and 

 apparently by Bentham also. 



Affinities. 

 Its closest relations are with two species — E. populifolia 

 Hook, and E. bicolor, A. Cunn. Both are indicated by the 

 labels of both Bentham and Mueller. 



1. With E. populifolia, Hook. To the typical form of 

 E. populifolia the resemblance is not close, but there is a 

 narrow leaved form of the species to which the resemblance 

 is closer. The differences lie in the bark, which is less 

 flaky in populifolia, in the more conical fruits of E. Broivnii, 



