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leaves narrow linear, alternate. They afterwards become 

 opposite. As development proceeds, and while the leaves 

 are opposite, they become decurrent in a remarkable degree. 



1 regret it is not possible, at this place, to figure them. 



Its affinities in this respect are with E. salmonophloia, 

 F.v.M., the young leaves of which are however glaucous. 



It resembles E. Gillii Maiden in the early stages, but 

 the leaves do not then become decurrent. 



5. E. confluens (W. V. Fitzgerald) Maiden, n. sp. 



Folias maturas solum, alabastros non perfecte maturos et 

 fructus habenius, sed planta a specie descripta quaque differe 

 videtur. Arbor ramulis teretibus, apicibus paullo angulatis. 

 Foliis maturis utrinque nitentibus, angusto-lanceolatis, subfalcatis, 

 petiolatis, petioliis circa 2 cm. longis, lamina circa 1 dm. longa et 

 plerumque 1 cm. lata. Venis obscuris. Alabastris circa 8 mm. 

 longis, operculo cupulaque sub-conicis et fere symmetricis. Sta- 

 minis inversis, antheris paralleliter dehiscentibus, dorso glandula. 

 Fructibus turbinatis v. conoideis, sessilibus vel pedicello circa 1 

 mm , pedunculo communi minore 1 cm., usque ad 7 capitulo, 

 circa 5 cm. longis latisque. 



The available material of this plant is very scanty, con- 

 sisting of mature leaves, with nearly ripe fruits attached, 

 and a few not perfectly ripe buds picked up from the ground. 

 It is a tree. In spite of the paucity of the material, I have* 

 after careful consideration, come to the conclusion that 

 Mr. Fitzgerald's view that it is undescribed is a correct 

 one. Ampler material will be available some day. 



Branchlets round, slightly angular at the tips. 



Mature leaves. — Pale-coloured, shiny on both sides, 

 narrow-lanceolate, slightly falcate, petiolate, petioles about 



2 cm. and laminae about 1 dm., with an average width of 

 about 1 cm. Venation very faint, the lateral veins very 

 slender, attached to the midrib at about 60°, the intra- 

 marginal vein close to the edge. 



