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NOTES ON THE SYNONYMS. 



(a) Typical Form. 



1. iT. dumosa, A. Cunn., var. scyphoealyx, F.v.M. 



(a) In B.F1. iii, 230, we have :— 



.F. dumosa, A. Cunn., var. seyphocalyx, F. Muell. Leaves narrow ; flowers large ; operculum very 

 obtuse, broader than the calyx ; peduncles very short and thick. This approaches in some measure 

 E. gomphocephala. 



On Plate 13 a specimen of this form, named by Mueller himself many years 

 ago, is figured. I do not think it is sufficiently removed from the type of E. 

 incrassata to be even called a variety. It shows transit to var. dumosa, and is one 

 of the intermediate forms. Mueller worked under great difficulties in the earlv 

 days, and as late as 1860, when he wrote Fragm. ii, 59, I doubt if he had seen 

 complete specimens of typical incrassata. 



(b) Var. dumosa. 



2. E. dumosa, A. Cunn. 



3. E. lamprocarpa, F.v.M. 



4. E. Muelleri, Miq. 



5. E. glomerata, Tausch. 



Mr. J. G. Luehmann, speaking of E. incrassata, says* : — 



An extremely variable species. E. dumosa seems to pass into it by almost imperceptible degrees, 

 although it can generally be distinguished by smaller flowers and fruits and less flattened peduncles. 



I agree with him, and point out that the large fruited form of E. dumosa very 

 closely approaches the typical form of E. incrassata. I am of opinion that much of 

 the hesitancy of some writers to place E. dumosa with E. incrassata arises from the 

 fact that they have not realised what is the type of the latter species. The var. 

 angulosa is by many people looked upon as typical incrassata. The large drawing to 

 the left in the Eiicali/ptographia plate of E. incrassata is really var. angidosa. The 

 drawing in the centre of the plate is one of the intermediate forms between the type 

 and var. angidosa. The left hand of the two small drawings to the right of the 

 plate is the only specimen close to typical incrassata, while the fragment to the 

 extreme right is var. dumosa. There is, in fact, an absolute series between 

 E. incrassata and var. dumosa. 



*Proc. A.A.A.S. Sydney meeting, 1S98. 



