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parallel cells. Fruit subglobose-truncate, about 4 lines diameter, slightly con- 
tracted at the orifice, the rim rather thin, the capsule somewhat sunk, but convex, 
so that the valves often slightly protrude. 
Hab : Palmer River, T. Gulliver (F. v. M.) ; Cape Sidmouth, C. Moore (F. v. M). ; Trinity 
Bay, If. Hill (F. v. M.) ; E. coast, A . Cunningham ; Keppel Bay and Shoalwater Bay, R. Brown ; 
Burdekin Expedition, Fitzalan ; Port Denison, Fitzalan, Dallachy; Bowen River, Bowman. 
The species differs from E. crebra chiefly in the large flowers and in the larger, harder, and 
more globular fruit. From E. leptoplileba it is chiefly distinguished by the leaves not so thick 
with more oblique veins. — Benth. 
26. E. leptophleba (slender-veined), F. v. M. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 86; 
Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 221. A moderate-sized or large tree with a rather wrinkled 
dark persistent rugged bark, breaking up into numerous small angular pieces in 
the manner of E. tesselaris ; differing but slightly from E. crebra, in the leaves 
rather thicker and broader, and in the fruits much larger, attaining 4 lines 
diameter or rather more. 
Hab.: Gilbert River, F. v. Mueller ; Comet River, F. O'Shanesy (F. v. M.) 
27. E. crebra (frequent), F. v. M. in. Journ. Linn. Soc iii. 87 ; Benth. FI. 
Austr. iii. 221. Narrow-leaved Ironbark. “ Tandoor,” Brisbane, T. Petrie ; “ Bie,” 
Nanango, Shirley. A small, middle-sized or sometimes a large tree, with a hard 
greyish rough persistent bark. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or linear, straight or 
more frequently falcate, obtuse, mucronate-acute or acuminate, attaining 4 to 6in. 
long, rather thick and glaucous or yellowish when dry in the northern specimens, 
thinner in the subtropical ones, with numerous very diverging fine parallel veins, 
the intramarginal one very near or close to the edge. Peduncles short, terete or 
nearly so, each with about 8 to 6 small flowers on short but distinct pedicels ; 
umbels usually 8 or 4 together in short panicles either terminal or axillary, or 
rarely the lower ones solitary in the axils. Calyx-tube turbinate, about 1 line 
diameter. Operculum conical or hemispherical, about as long as the calyx-tube. 
Stamens 1 to 2 lines long, all perfect, inflected in the bud ; anthers very small 
and globular, like those of the P or anther ae, but the cells distinct and opening 
longitudinally to the base. Ovary flat-topped or slightly convex in the centre. 
Fruit obovoid- truncate, not 2 lines in diameter, somewhat contracted at the orifice 
and often shortly attenuate at the base, the rim narrow, the capsule more or less 
sunk, but the tips of the valves often protruding when open . — Metrosideros salici- 
folia, 2, Soland. in Gaertn. Fruct. i. 171 t. 84. 
Hab.: Between the Flinders and Lynd Rivers, Gulf of Carpentaria, “ Ironbark Tree,” F. v. 
Mueller , including the fruiting specimens of E. parviflora, F. v. M., referred to in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. iii. 90 ; from the Burdekin to Moreton Bay, often forming large forests, F. v. Mueller ; 
Rockhampton, Dallachy — all under the name of “ Ironbark.” 
In flower, this species, especially in the thicker-leaved specimens, is sometimes difficult to 
distinguish from E. brachypoda ; the leaves are generally but not always thinner with more 
oblique veins, and the flowers not so glaucous with the calyx less open ; the fruit is, however, 
very differently shaped. — Benth. 
Gum contains 30% of tannin and 42% of arabin. — Lauterer. 
Wood white near the bark, all the rest of a pinkish-grey ; close-grained, very tough and 
durable. — Bailey’s Cat. Ql. Woods No. 187. 
28. E. Staigeriana (after K. T. Staiger), F. v. M ., inedit. Syn. Ql. Flora, 
176. Lemon-scented Ironbark. A small tree with a dark rugged irregularly 
fissured bark and glaucous foliage. Leaves obovate to blunt-lanceolate, 2 to 5in. 
long, £ to 2in broad ; texture thick, lateral nerves erecto-patent, rather close with 
intermediate anastomosing transverse veins, all very slender and obscure from the 
thickness of the leaf, the intramarginal one very near the edge. Oil-dots copious. 
Petioles i to lin. long. Peduncles lateral or axillary, bearing each from 3 to 6 
flowers, often forming terminal panicles. Operculum conical. Calyx-tube about 
