320 J. H. MAIDEN. 



Floivers. — Buds with short, slightly flattened peduncles, 

 the individual flowers sessile or almost so, 4 to 7 in the 

 head as seen. Opercula hemispherical, about half the 

 length of the calyx-tube, which tapers only slightly, and 

 which is usually sub-angular. 



(Filaments red on drying. Anthers open in parallel slits, 

 attachment of filaments versatile, large gland at back.) 



Fruits not seen. 



Habitat. — "In swampy and wet sandy localities, associ- 

 ated with the coarser kind of grasses were E. Houseana 

 and E. ptychocarpa." (Fitzgerald in "Kimberley Report," 

 p. 12). 



Type. — Isdell River near Mount Barnett Homestead, 

 Kimberleys, North Western Australia. No. 1014, collected 

 by W. V. Fitzgerald, May, 1905. 



The sentences in brackets ( ) have been drawn up from 

 specimens (No. 1357) collected at the base of the Artesian 

 Range, Kimberleys, by Mr. Fitzgerald. 



I attribute the following four specimens to this species: — 



1. Scientific Expedition of Prof. W. Baldwin Spencer 

 (and others) from Darwin to the Roper River, Gulf of 

 Carpentaria, July — August, 1911. At Oullen Creek, Prof. 

 Spencer collected a specimen with glaucous foliage, twigs 

 and buds. Leaves sessile but hardly stem-clasping; 

 flowering while the leaves are still opposite. The leaves 

 as much as 15 cm. long and half as broad. 



Then I have three specimens from Pine Creek (Railway) 

 Northern Territory. 



2. Collected by Dr. H. I. Jensen, Government Geologist, 

 Darwin, in August, 1913. His label reads "Sessile leaf, 

 white bark, (? smooth bark — J.H.M.), small flower and fruit 

 (no fruit available— J.H.M.) rather crooked branches." 

 Close to type. 



