470 NEW SPECIES OF ELiEOCARPUS FPvOM NORTHERN N.S.W. 
Drupe ovoid, 3 to 4 lines long, green, the putamen rugose. 
Albumen not ruminate. 
The affinities of this species apparently lie between E. serico- 
petalus, F.v.M., and E. rumiuatus, F.v.M. Briefly, its relative 
position may be shown thus : — 
E. sericopetalus. — Leaves 2J to 3J inches long, glabrous, not 
foveolate, slightly crenate. Stamens 40-50; silky petals minutely 
denticulate. 
E. Baeuerleni, sp.nov. — Leaves 3 to 5 inches long, 1 inch broad, 
lanceolate, much reticulate, acuminate crenate, occasionally 
foveolate. Stamens 30; petals lobed, bracts persistent. Fruit 
ovoid. 
E. ruminatus. — Leaves 2 to 4 inches long, 1J inch broad, 
shining on both sides, petioles glabrous, shortly acuminate, penni- 
veinecl. Stamens 20-25. Fruit globular. 
Hob. — Tengoggin (Chincogan) Mountain, Mullumbimby, Bruns- 
wick River, N.S.W. 
This species is dedicated in honour of Mr. William Baeuerlen, 
botanical collector to the Technological Museum, Sydney, who first 
obtained it. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE. 
Fig. 1. — Twig of plant showing foliage. 
Fig. 2. — Flowering twig. 
Fig. 3.— Bud. 
Fig. 4. — Flower. 
Fig. 5. — Section of flower. 
Fig. 6. — Sepal. 
Fig. 7. -Petal. 
Fig. 8.— Stamen. 
Fig. 9. — Pistil and glandular ring. 
Fig. 10.— Drupe. 
Fig. 11. — Putamen. 
