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ON A NEW SPECIES OF EL^EOCARPUS FROM 
NORTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES. 
By J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., and R. T. Baker, F.L.S. 
■ El^eocarpus baeuerleni, sp.nov. 
(Plate xxxvii.) 
A large tree (height 80-100 feet, and a trunk diameter of 2-3 
feet as seen), the branchlets silky hairy or hoary pubescent, the 
young leaves very hairy. 
Leaves or petioles usually 2-2^ inches long, lanceolate to 
elliptical-lanceolate, acuminate, rounded at the base, scarcely 
shining above, up to 6 inches long, 1 inch broad, crenate, reticula- 
tions distinct on both sides, but more marked on the underside, 
slightly paler and glabrous underneath, but more or less silky 
hairy above, the young foliage densely so, occasionally foveolate. 
Petiole silky pubescent, channelled above, slightly thickened 
at the two extremities. 
Racemes terminal and over 5 inches long in specimens 
examined, silky pubescent, many-flowered. 
Bracts persistent, silky pubescent, spathe-like, 3 to 4 lines long. 
Pedicels 4-5 lines long. 
Sepals silky pubescent, subtriangular, 2 to 3 lines long, valvate, 
with a prominent mid-rib on the inner surface. 
Petals with a few scattered hairs or glabrous on the back, ciliate 
and very silky hairy on the inside especially towards the base 
divided into 16-20 acute equal lobes, mostly united into fours. 
Stamens numerous (30), silky pubescent within the glandular 
disk. 
Anthers linear, tipped with a subulate appendage. Filaments 
short. 
Ovary glabrous, style subulate, 2-celled, with 2 ovules in each 
cell. 
