514 
Telopea 8(4): 2000 
long; lateral veins prominent, obtuse, widely spaced, regular, reticulum complete; 
intramarginal vein obscure, looped, 2-4 mm from margin. Inflorescence simple, 
axillary; umbellasters 3-flowered. Peduncles terete or angular, thick, 8-20 mm long. 
Pedicels angular, 0-5 mm long. Buds ovoid or globose, glaucous, 17-24 mm long, 
14-20 mm diam.; calyx calyptrate; shedding early; corolla calyptrate, free from calyx; 
calyptra hemispherical, smooth, about as long as hypanthium, wider than 
hypanthium; hypanthium smooth or angular. Flowers cream or yellow, all stamens 
fertile, filaments indexed in bud, anthers versatile, oblong, dehiscing by parallel slits; 
style base not sunken. Fruits conical, pedicellate, 3-4-locular, smooth to ribbed or 
angular, 18-24 mm long, 16-20 mm diam.; calyptra scars forming a flat or slightly 
raised rim to 3 mm wide; stemonophore evident as a distinct narrow groove to mm 
wide; disc flat or slightly raised, less than 1 mm wide; valves exserted, raised at 30-60°. 
Seeds irregular, ovoid, shallowly reticulate, dull, dark brown, 1-2 mm long; hilum 
ventral. Chaff dimorphic, linear and cuboid, similar in colour to seeds. (Fig. 4). 
Fig. 4. £. pantoleuca. a, adult leaves, inflorescences and buds; b, inflorescence and buds; c, transverse 
section of bud; d, anther; e, fruit, (from Johnson 2019). Scale bar: a, b, c, e = 10 mm; d = 0.5 mm. 
