213 



DESCRIPTION. 



E. buprestium, F.v.M. 



Fragm. iii, 57. 



Described in B.F1. iii, 205, and described and figured in " Eucalyptographia." 

 See also a note by Diels and Pritzel, Engler's Jalirb. 1904, p. 437. 



A "Western Australian sbrub of 8 or 10 feet, named from specimens originally 

 collected by G. Maxwell, south of Kojoneerup, near Helen's Peak and near Salt 

 River and Pallinup River. It is also Drummond's 3rd Coll. Suppl. No. 12. 



It has been collected at Stirling's Range by several collectors. 



Mueller gives "near Arrowsmith River," so that we bave for its habitat the 

 coastal belt from, say, Beaufort Inlet on the south, to the Arrowsmith River on the 

 west coast. 



As regards buds, the colour (warm brown) and the shape remind one a good 

 deal of those of E. Baileyana, F.v.M. 



The leaves are not dissimilar to those of the smaller ones of those of 

 E. Todtiana, F.v.M., while some of the fruits of the two species are not dissimilar 

 in size and shape, although those of E. Todtiana have usually broader rims. 



E. buprestium is a species of which but few field-notes are available. When 

 it has been examined more carefully and juvenile leaves are seen, we shall be able 

 to speak more definitely of its affinities. 



