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and with an umbo, rather longer than half the length of 

 the calyx-tube which is conoid, has (usually) two angles, 

 and tapers into the distinct pedicel. 



Filaments pale yellow or cream-coloured, which dry 

 orange-red and exhibit a pretty contrast with the cream- 

 coloured anthers. Anthers large, creamy-white, opening 

 in parallel slits, the gland nearly filling up the back, and 

 the filament attached almost at the base. 



Fruits. — Subcylindroid, but not seen ripe. Thin, defined 

 rim. The tips of the valves, now represented by a per- 

 sistent style and unexpanded stigma, will when ripe prob- 

 ably become awl-like and will protrude beyond the orifice, 

 in this respect becoming reminiscent of E. oleosa. 



Known only from a cultivated specimen in the King's 

 Park, Perth, W.A. (The late Mr. J. Sheath, Superintendent 

 up to 1913). Mr. Sheath informed me that he received the 

 seed from "the Eastern Gold Fields near the South Aus- 

 tralian border" (of Western Australia). 



He further informed me it had been sent to him as E. 

 erythronema. I have received additional specimens from 

 the same plant from Mr. Sidney William Jackson, of Sydney, 

 and from Dr. F. Stoward, Government Botanist of Western 

 Australia, whose attention I had invited to the plant. 



I name this plant in memory of Mr. Sheath, a first class 

 horticulturist, who was keen on the cultivation of native 

 plants. 



Affinities. 



This species belongs to the Macrantherse, of which there 

 are many members, and, in absence of the fruits, I am 

 unable to indicate any close affinities. 



3. E. Websteriana, n. sp. 



Frutex 6 — 10 pedes altus. Folia immatura glauca, breve 

 petiolata, fere rotundata vel apice obtusa, ad 3 cm. diametro. Folia 



