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E. LEHMANNI TO E. MACARTHURI. 
E. Lehmann! : Preiss. C.R. Pt. 
xxxv. Ill; Vol. iv. 111. 
A small shrub or tree, up to 30 feet high, 
forming a Mallee-like growth; leaves small; 
buds with long horn-like lids; seed-cups fused 
into a large conglomerate mass, (5x8 cm. or 
larger). An ornamental species with green fila¬ 
ments. W.A. (See Group i. under E. Cor- 
nuta 3.) 
E. leptophleba : F. von Mueller. C.R. 
Pt. x. 332; Vol. i. 332; Pt. xlix. 
264; Vol. v. 264. 
A large tree; bark rough, fissured, persistent; 
juvenile leaves coarse; adult leaves long, undu¬ 
late; buds clavate, pointed; seed-cups small to 
medium, oval to bell-shaped, (9x8 mm.). 
Timber reddish-brown. N.Q. 
E. leptophylla: F. von Mueller. C.R. 
Pt. lvi. 259; Vol. vi. 259. 
A very slender, many-stemmed Mallee; juve¬ 
nile and adult leaves narrow, dark green, lanceo¬ 
late; seed-cups club-shaped, very small (5x5 
mm.). A species adapted to regions with low 
rainfall. N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A. 
E. leptopoda: Bentham. C.R. Pt. 
xvii. 219; Vol. ii. 219. 
A small Mallee-like shrub or small spindly 
tree, with several stems together; leaves narrow; 
buds ovoid, on long slender pedicels; seed-cups 
stalked, depressed, globular, valves protruding 
(6x7 mm.). W.A. 
E. le Souefii: Maiden. C.R. Pt. xvi. 
187; Vol. ii. 187. 
A tree of medium size, bark flaky at butt, the 
greater portion of the trunk and the whole of 
the branches smooth; leaves glaucous, ovate to 
lanceolate; buds elliptical, strongly ribbed; 
seed-cups small to medium, deeply ribbed 
(8x9 mm.). W.A. 
E. leucoxylon: F. von Mueller. C.R. 
Pt. xii. 88; Vol. ii. 88. 
A medium-sized to large tree, bark smooth, 
but more or less flaky and deciduous; juvenile 
leaves short and broad, sessile; adult leaves 
lanceolate; buds large, rostrate or beaked; fila¬ 
ments white or pink to crimson; seed-cups 
medium to large, pyriform to goblet-shaped, 
(10 x 11 mm.). Timber pale, reputed durable. 
S.A., V., N.S.W. (See Group iii. 32.) 
E. ligustrina: De Candolle. C.R. Pt. 
xl. 332; Vol. iv. 332. 
A small species, often forming Mallee-like 
thickets, up to 12 feet high, but sometimes 
growing as a single tree, up to 30 feet high; 
bark stringy; seed-cups very small, (5x6 mm.). 
Confined mostly to the higher parts of the Blue 
Mountains, N.S.W. 
E. linearis: Dehnliardt. C.R. Pt. vi. 
168; Vol. i. 168. 
Small to medium-sized tree; leaves very nar¬ 
row; buds small, club-shaped; seed-cups very 
small (5x4 mm.). Timber pale, moderately 
fissile. Confined to T. (See Group v. under 
57.) 
E. lira!a: (W. V. Fitzgerald) Maiden. 
C.R. Pt. xliv. Ill; Vol. v. 111. 
A tree 30-40 feet high; bark greyish, rough; 
leaves narrow; seed-cups medium, urn-shaped, 
(10 x 9 mm.). Timber brownish, fissile. Rare. 
N.W.W.A. 
E. longicornis: F. von Mueller. C.R. 
Pt. xxxix. 272; Vol. iv. 272; Pt. 
lix. 502; Vol. vi. 502. 
A magnificent tree, which, unlike the other 
allies of E. oleosa, carries its rough bark right 
up to the base of the crown; leaves narrow; 
buds elongated, rostrate, % inch long; seed-cups 
slightly urn-shaped, small; valves protruding 
and acute, (8-7 x 7-9 mm.). Timber red and 
exceptionally tough. W.A. 
E. longifolia: Link & Otto. C.R. Pt. 
xx. 295; Vol. ii. 295. 
A handsome, large tree. Bark grey, decidu¬ 
ous in irregular flakes from the branches, per¬ 
sistent and thick, fibrous on the stem; juvenile 
leaves broad; sapling leaves long; adult leaves 
falcate-lanceolate; buds egg-shaped, sometimes 
pointed; seed-cups usually in threes, large, pen¬ 
dulous, bell-shaped, (11-15 x 10-14 mm.). Tim¬ 
ber deep red, durable. V., N.S.W. (See Group 
iii. 33.) 
E. Macarthuri: Deane & Maiden. 
C.R. Pt. xxv. 81; Vol. iii. 81. 
A tall tree of beautiful form, with a rounded 
head. Bark rough, somewhat Box-like, but 
spongy; upper branches smooth and white; 
juvenile leaves lanceolate to cordate, sessile, 
stem-clasping; adult leaves narrow-lanceolate; 
seed-cups very small (5x6 mm.). Timber pale, 
coarse in grain, moderately durable. N.S.W. 
(See Group iv. 50.) 
