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DESCRIPTION. 



XCIII. E. orbifolia, F.v.M. 



Fragm. v, 50 (1865). 



It was described in English by Bentham in B.Fl. iii, 238. 



Notes supplementary to the description. 



One of the objects of the present woi'k is to elucidate all named forms of 

 Eucalyptus. So far as I know, the specimen which I figure on Plate 74, and for 

 the original figure of which I am indebted to the Director of Kew, is the only one 

 in existence. No specimen of it has been known in the Melbourne Herbarium for 

 many years. Western Australian botanists have now something to guide them in 

 their search for the plant. 



RANGE. 



Up to the present time it has only been found in one locality', and that is in 

 Western Australia. 



The locality given in the original descrij)tion says : " At the foot of granite 

 liills in Western Australia, latitude 30° 4,7', longitude 119° 25'. C. Harper." 



The description of the plant was made in 1865, and the Kew specimen is 

 labelled "Dr. Mueller, received September, 1865." The locality given is believed 

 to be 30 or 40 miles north of Southern Cross. 



I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Charles Harper in Perth, Western 

 Australia, in 1909, and showed him the Kew drawing, which I carried thousnnds of 

 miles in Western Australia in my pocket-l)ook, hoping to trace the original. After 

 some thought, Mr. Harper remembered the plant, but he could not give me specific 

 directions as to the locality, and feared that, at his age, he might not revisit the spot. 



Since the above was written, I regret to say that this fine old Western 

 Australian pioneer died at his residence, Guildford, near Perth, April, 1912. 



