148 
E. MERRICKAE TO E. MORTONIANA. 
clavate, pedicels slender; seed-cups small, 
hemispherical, (5-7 x 5-6 mm.). Timber pale, 
hard, durable. V., N.S.W., Q. (See Group iii. 
35.) 
E. Merrickae: Maiden & Blakely. 
C.B. Pt. lxix. 430; Vol. vii. 430. 
A small narrow-leaved Mallee; buds in threes, 
cylindrical, obtuse; seed-cups campanulate or 
bell-shaped, (7-9 mm. long). Saline flats, 
Southern W.A. 
E. micrantha: De Candolle. C.B. 
Pt. lix. 508; Vol. vi. 508. 
Tree medium-sized; bark smooth, blotched; 
juvenile leaves narrow-lanceolate; adult leaves 
narrow; seed-cups small, (4-6 x 5-6 mm.). 
Timber red, brittle. N.S.W., Q. 
E. micranthera: F. von Mueller. C.R. 
Pt. xx. 308; Vol. ii. 308; Pt. xlvii. 
217; Vol. v. 217. 
A shrub, 6-10 feet high, with a smooth bark; 
seed-cups small to medium, sessile, (8x9 mm.). 
W.A. 
E. microcarpa: Maiden. C.R. Pt. 
xlvii. 207; Vol. v. 207; Pt. lviii. 
438; Vol. vi. 438. 
A medium-sized or large tree, rather erect in 
habit; the bark sub-fibrous, rather close, and 
greyish or white on the trunk, branches smooth; 
adult leaves narrow; seed-cups very small (6-4 
x 3-4 mm.). Timber very hard, durable. V., 
N.S.W., S.A. 
E. microcorys : F. von Mueller. C.R. 
Pt. ix. 261; Vol. i. 261. 
A large tree; bark fibrous, persistent; juve¬ 
nile leaves small, ovate to elliptical; adult leaves 
lanceolate; buds cylindrical-clavate; seed-cups 
cylindrical to pear-shaped, (10 x 6 mm.). Tim¬ 
ber pale, hard, durable, one of the best. North 
Coast districts of N.S.W., S.Q. (See Group 
ii. 18.) 
E. microneura: Maiden & Blakely. 
C.R. Pt. lxix. 415; Vol. vii. 415. 
A small tree; bark Box-like. Leaves droop¬ 
ing, glaucous; venation fine, almost invisible; 
buds glaucous, elliptical, acute, (5-6 mm. long); 
seed-cups turbinate to campanulate or bell¬ 
shaped (5-6 mm. long). N.Q. 
E. microtheca: F. von Mueller. C.R. 
Pt. xi. 51; Vol. ii. 51. 
A medium-sized tree; bark Box-like on trunk; 
juvenile leaves broadly oblong to lanceolate. 
glaucous; adult leaves narrow, somewhat glau¬ 
cous; seed-cups extremely small, glaucous, (3-4 
x 3-5 mm.). Timber red, hard, interlocked. 
Dry parts of N.S.W., Q., S.A., N.A., W.A. 
E. miniata: A. Cunningham. C.R. 
Pt. xxii. 37; Vol. iii. 37; Pt. xlvii. 
198; Vol. v. 198. 
A small shrub or tree; bark yellow, scaly, 
almost papery; leaves very broad to narrowish; 
buds very angular, sessile; filaments or stamens 
scarlet; seed-cups very large, ribbed, barrel¬ 
shaped, (3-6 x 2-5 cm.). An ornamental 
species, confined to N.W.A. and N.Q. 
E. Mitchelliana : (Syn. E. Mitchelli) 
Cambage. C.R. Pt. xlvii. 192; 
Vol. v. 192. 
An umbrageous tree up to 50 feet high; bark 
almost smooth, white; leaves linear-lanceolate; 
seed-cups small, ovoid, sessile, (6x6 mm.). 
Mount Buffalo, V., at an elevation of 4,400 
feet above sea-level. 
E. Mooreana: (W. V. Fitzgerald) 
Maiden. C.R. Pt. xliii. 93; Vol. 
v. 93. 
A small, crooked tree; leaves glaucous; 
broadly lanceolate, sessile; seed-cups medium, 
valves prominent, (10 x 8 mm.). Timber red¬ 
dish, tough. W.A. 
E. Moorei: Maiden & Cambage. C.R. 
Pt. xxxviii. 218; Vol. iv. 218. 
An erect shrub or Mallee, 6-20 feet high; 
juvenile and adult leaves narrow-lanceolate; 
buds small, pointed; seed-cups small, nearly 
globular, (7x5 mm.). Blue Mountains, N.S.W. 
E. Morrisii: Baker. C.R. Pt. 
xxxii. 56; Vol. iv. 56. 
A small tree, 10-30 feet high; leaves narrow- 
lanceolate; buds ovoid; seed-cups medium, ovate, 
thick, valves prominent, (8-10 x 8-11 mm.). 
Dry interior, N.S.W., Q., S.A. 
x E. Mortoniana: Kinney. C.R. Pt. 
lxxi. ; Vol. viii. 
A supposed natural hybrid; reputed parents, 
E. Maideni and E. globulus. It has the 
general appearance of the latter, but the bark is 
much rougher, leaves broad, buds in threes, pedi¬ 
cellate, also the seed-cups, which are turbinate, 
(13 x 20 mm.). Los Angeles, California, from 
Australian seed. 
