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a thick ring, quite distinct from the valves, which project much, taper- 

 ing into long erect or connivent points formed by the persistent base of 

 the style. 



W. Australia. Salt River, Maxwell. 



73. E. macrandra, F. Muell. Herb. A shrub or small tree with a 

 smooth bark {Maxwell}. Leaves from ovate-lanceolate to narrow-lance- 

 olate, rarely exceeding 4 in , very thick and smooth, the veins more 

 numerous and more diverging than in E. cornuta, and the intramarginal 

 one usually nearer the edge, but generally scarcely visible. Peduncles 

 rigid and flattened, mostly ^ to i in. long, with 8 to 16 or even more 

 flowers, sessile or on very short pedicels. Calyx-tube obovoid-campanu- 

 late, usually 2>^ to 3 lines long and rather less in diameter, but in some 

 specimens smaller. Operculum usually above i in. long. Stamens when 

 dry yellowish, erect in the bud as in E. cornuta^ the edge of the disk 

 inflected; anthers oblong, with parallel cells. Ovary flat- topped, the 

 style not thickened at the base. Fruit semiovoid, truncate. 3 to 4 lines 

 diameter, or in some specimens rather smaller, the rim narrow, on a level 

 with the calyx as well as the flat-topped capsule, the small valves not 

 protruding. 



W. Australia. From the valleys S. of Stirling range to Salt River 

 and Phillips range, Maxwell. 



75. E. spathulata, Hook. Ic. PI. t. 6n. A shrub of 6 to 8 ft. or 

 rather more. Leaves linear, linear-lanceolate or rarely oblong-lanceo- 

 late, straight or slightly falcate, under 3 in. long, thick and rigid so as 

 wholly to conceal the veins. Peduncles short, axillary or lateral, flat- 

 tened but usually not very broad, each with about 4 to 6 flowers. Calyx- 

 tube obovoid, thick, about 2 lines long, tapering into a short thick ped- 

 icel. Operculum cylindrical, obtuse, often narrower than the calyx and 

 about twice as long. Stamens erect, slightly flexuose, about 4 lines long, 

 the border of the staminal disk inflected over the sunk ovary; anthers 

 oblong, parallel-celled. Style slightly thickened at the base. Fruit obo- 

 void, 3 lines or rather more in length and nearly as much in diameter, 

 contracted at the orifice, which is further closed by the rather broad flat 

 rim; capsule sunk, but the points of the valves sometimes slightly pro- 

 truding. 



W. Australia. Between Perth and King George's Sound, Harvey; 

 Drumniond ' t jrd Coll. n. 68. 



Var. grandiflora. Leaves rather broader. Flowers and fruits larger. 

 Phillips range, Maxwell. 



The species has much of the aspect of the narrow-leaved forms of 

 E. redunca, but in that the Operculum is acuminate, and the stamens 

 more or less inflected in the bud. 



76. E. pallidifolia, F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 131. A small tree with 

 an ash-coloured smooth bark (F. Mueller}. Leaves ovate-oblong or Ian- 



