222 J. H. MAIDEN. 



et longitudine et cliametro 1 cm. metientia. Fructus hemisphserico- 

 cylindroidei, valvarum apicibus conspicue exsertis. 



In honour of Newton J. Moore, Minister for Lands, sub- 

 sequently Premier, and now Agent-General in London for 

 the State of Western Australia. 



A small crooked tree, glaucous all over, branchlets round. 

 Notes on bark and timber not available. 



Juvenile leaves. Ovate-cordate or bluntly and broadly 

 lanceolate, stem-clasping or perfoliate. Thick, somewhat 

 undulate, uniform colour on both sides, venation somewhat 

 spreading, the secondary veins roughly parallel. Intra- 

 marginal vein distant from the edge. Average size say 

 10 x 8 cm. 



Mature leaves. These do not differ essentially from the 

 juvenile leaves except that they are larger and more 

 acuminate. Average size say 15 x 9 cm. 



Buds. Four to seven on a sessile or nearly sessile head 

 with a thick common peduncle of about 1 cm. Symmetrical* 

 the operculum bluntly conical, about 1 cm. long and of 

 equal diameter, the calyx-tube of equal length and with one 

 or two angles. 



Flowers. Pale yellow when fresh, drying orange red. 

 Anthers long and creamy in colour, opening in parallel slits, 

 large gland at the back, filament attached to the middle, 

 versatile. 



Fruits. Hemispherical-cylindroid with a thin, sharp, 

 slightly domed rim, the tips of the valves very prominently 

 protruded. Diameter at rim scarcely 1 cm. 



Habitat. Summits of Mounts Broome, May; Leake, 

 July; Rason, September, 1905; and Bold Bluff, all Lady 

 Forrest and King Leopold Ranges, Kimberley, North-west 



