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SYNONYM. 



E. plurilocularis, P.v.M. 



The reference is a very brief one, there being no formal description. 



In Fragm. ii, 70, Mueller says : — 



" Huic ultimae speciei {E. megacarpa) paulo ad E. Preissianam accedenti, 

 significatio E. pleurilocularis idonea erit." 



It is cited by Mueller in " Eucalyptographia." 



The type is figured at 3, Plate 78, and exhibits no less than 12 protuberances 

 on the depressed rim, i.e., twice as many as there are valves. 



RANGE. 



The original description says the type was obtained " In lateribus rupestribus 

 collium Konkoberup promontorii Cape Riche." 



Drummond, writing from Cape Riche in 1848, says : — 



But the most striking example of the eifects of the soil oa the plants which grow upon it is seen at 

 Mount Jlelville, a low ironstone hill about half a mile from Mr. Cheyne's residence. This hill is the 

 " Collis Konkoberup" of the rianUn Preissianw. (Hooker's Journ. Bot. i, 'lb\, 1849). 



Mueller ("Eucalyptographia") says it occurs at Stokes' Inlet (Maxwell), 

 which is, roughly, midway between Hopetoun and Esperance. 



Bentham gives the localities as " From the Kalgan River to Cape Riche," 

 evidently collected l)y Oklfield, at least as regards the Kalgan River. 



Also I have seen in Herb. Barbey-Boissier a specimen labelled " Shrub 3 feet, 

 anthers straw-coloui-ed. Minanup, Kalgan, W.A." (Oldfield), which gives a more 

 precise locality for Oldfield's specimen. 



As I emerged (5 miles) from forest on to plain land on the Takalarup Road, 

 coming from the eastern end of the Porongorups, I saw the first patch of this 

 species ; but not till I reached G^ miles did I see it in abundance. I fovmd it again 

 2 miles from the Stirling Range, on the Kalgan Plains. It occurs in patches on 

 these plains. 



Diels and Pritzel speak of the same district : — 



Observavimus plantam insignem im montibus lapidosis Stirling Range. Quorum montium summos 

 colles occidentales una cum Lamherlia ericifoliti habitat. Est frutex humilis ramis divaricatis foliis 

 percrassis glaucis insignis (D. 2991). Prope promontorium C. Riche viget forma foliis acuminatis 

 tloribus minoribus notabliis (leg. A. Moir in hb. Berol !) (Engler's Jahrh. xxxv, 441). 



