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E. fcecunda, Schauer. The anthers appear to be nearer to those of E. odorata than 

 to E fcecunda. The fruit seems to be that of E. odorata. The leaves with the 

 mucrones are precisely the same (as far as I can see) as young foliage of E. odorata ; 

 I have not seen any of the same shape belonging to E. fcecunda. 



E. fcecunda is, so far as we know at present, limited to Western Australia 

 (the localities for E. loxophleba, var. fruticosa, are Western Australian), and 

 E. odorata is not certainly known to extend to Western Australia. Allowance must 

 be made for the paucity of th? material at my disposal, but I submit my determina- 

 tion for consideration. 



2. E. amygdalina, Schau. 



Arborea ; lsevis, foliis firmis, alternis, anguste lanceolatis, in petiolum attenuatis, cuspidate 

 acuminates, pallidis, nitidis, areolis retis magnis lanceolatis ; umbellis axillarihus, 5-8-floris ; pedunculo 

 suhancijiiti, petiolum aequante ; pedieellis brevibus ; hypanthio obconieo-eyathiformi ; operculo subconico- 

 hemisphserico. obtuso, hypanthio multo breviori. Lab. Nov. Holl, pag. 14, tab. 154? .In solo sublimoso 

 arenoso districti York, Martio M. a 1840 cum alaba.stria adultis. Herb. Preiss. No. 246, et similibus in 

 locis montis Mathilda distr. York, cum fructibus No. 248 (v. sp. orig. in Herb. Willd. n. 9,598 1). 



Arbor 45 pedes circiter alta, cortice per strata solubili ramulis gracilibus. Pedicelli in nostra 

 longiores, fructus minores quam in planta Billardierana, quae ceterum omni nota congruere videtur, quantum 

 quidem ex speciminibus satis mancis judicare licet (in Lehmann, PI. Preiss, i, 130). 



E. fcecunda and E. loxophleba. 



But the real affinity of the species here under consideration (E. fiecunda) is with E. loxophleba ; 

 indeed it remains unascertained, whether that tree is or is not the arboreously-developed state of 

 E. fiecunda, arisen in humid mountain regions and in a deeply pervious soil ; it differs irrespective of its 

 tall growth (to about 100 feet, with a stem diameter to 4 feet) in generally longer leaves with rather more 

 distent, also often more prominent and less spreading veins, the intramarginal one not close to the edge of 

 the leaf, in the oil-glands being to a large extent pellucid, and the anthers generally shorter ; but these 

 particular characters are subject to some variations, and unless it can be shown that E. fiecunda in its 

 youngest stete has not the roundish cordate leaves of E. loxophleba, we could not venture to keep the two 

 specifically apart. Under these circumstances no distinct plate and description will be devoted to 

 E. loxophleba in this work, but on the present occasion some references may aptly be given of that useful 

 tree. — (Eucalyptographia under E. fcecunda.) 



J. G. Luehmann (Prcc. A.A.A.S. VII, 1898, Sydney Meeting, p. 529), states: 



E. fiecunda. Leaves nearly straight, very shining. E. fiecunda (includes loxophleba as a variety). 



I have on the strength of this specific statement attributed this variety to 

 Luehmann. I quite agree with him. As compared with E. fcecunda, the var. 

 loxophleba has longer leaves, ratlier more distant and often more prominent, and less 

 spreading veins, the intramarginal vein is not close to the edge of the leaf. The 

 most obvious character of the variety is its marked venation, 



