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hemi-ellipsoid with a sliort mucrone, each bud with a second 

 deciduous operculum whichleavesa sharp commissural edge. 



Anthers white, opening in parallel slits, the cells cohering 

 at their edges; versatile, gland at the back. 



Fruits large, about 1*7 cm. in greatest width and about 

 the same in depth, including the tips of the capsule. Conoid- 

 hemispherical, the shiny calyx-tube with a short, flattened 

 pedicel, the continuation of the edges of which forms two 

 somewhat sharp ridges. The calyx-tube is surmounted by 

 a slightly domed conspicuous rim of about 3 mm. in width, 

 (which rim morphologically consists of a fusion of the disc 

 and of the staminal ring). This again is surmounted by a 

 pudding-basin rim barely 2 mm. wide. Valves triangular, 

 moderately exsert. 



Type — Seven miles from Dungog on the Booral road 

 (Augustus Rudder, J, L. Boorman). The specific name is 

 given in reference to the channelled appearance of the 

 fruit. 



Illustrations. See my "Forest Flora of N.S.W.," fig. D, 

 plate 37, Part x (fruits); the same drawing reproduced in 

 my O.R. Part xxix, fig, 1, plate 123. For mature leaf, buds 

 and anther, see figs. 9 a — c, plate 122 of O.R. The speci- 

 mens "fruit rather globular, but not perfectly ripe," Spit 

 Road, Manly, Port Jackson (J. L. Boorman), figured at 

 fig. 3, plate 123, do not belong to E. punctata var. grandi- 

 flora (E. canaliculata n. sp.); they belong to E. punctata 

 though rather larger than those of the type. 



Synonym. 

 E. punctata DO., var. grandiflora Deane and Maiden, in 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xxvi, 133 (1901). 



Range. 

 It seems to be confined to New South Wales. "I have 

 only observed the large-fruited Grey Gum in the Counties 



