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As to the variety angustifolia of Lehmann, I am of opinion that it cannot be 

 usefully maintained, as the width of the leaves varies a good deal in the same tree, 

 or clump of trees. I travelled extensively over decipiens country, and particularly 

 noted its variation. Some remarks on individual specimens will be found at page 151 . 



E. decipiens may he described in the following words : — 



Varies from a shrub to a small or large tree. It is usually a twisted or gnarled small tree, a 

 denizen of sour land, but on the banks of rivers and creeks it attains the height of 60 or 70 feet, with a 

 stem-diameter of 3 feet, but it is never an erect tree. Known as Swamp — or FloodeJ — Gum. 



liark, fuzzy fibrous, the outer layers softi.sh, flaky and furrowed, reminiscent of that of the Apple 

 of the Eastern States (Eucalyptus Sluartiana, F.v.M.). 



Timber, dull pale brown, liable to gum-veins, cracks radially, is brittle and perishable, and of no 

 ascertained economic value. 



Juvenile leaves. — Thick, equally green on both sides, nearly circular to obcordate, obovate, and 

 spathulate. Margin slightly crenulate, often emarginate, sometimes with a mucrone. 



Intramarginal vein at some distance from the edge, penniveined as regards the lateral ones. 



Mature leaves ovate, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, rarely exceeding 4 inches, and 

 often under 3, rather thick, the fine diverging veins scarcely conspicuous; the intramarginal ones 

 usually at a distance from the edge. 



Peduncles short, mostly axillary, terete or slightly flattened, each with a head of six to twelve 

 sessile flowers. 



Cillyx-tllbe turbinate, about 2 lines long, the border usually prominent in the bud. 



Operculum conical or acuminate, from a little longer to nearly twice as long as the calyx-tube. 

 Operculum often curved, and sometimes the calyx-tube aimost winged. 



Stamens inflected in the bud, anthers creamy yellow, thick and globular, somewhat broader at 

 the base, and hence, to that extent, reminding one of the Renanthera'. 



Filament thickish. Gland small and on top, and situated a little to the front. Dehiscence round 

 or oval. 



In old anthers, when the pollen falls out, the pollen-sacs collapse more or less, and the anther 

 openings tend to become parallel. 



Fruit broadly turbinate, pear-shaped or globose, truncate, 3 lines in diameter or rather more, 

 contracted at the orifice, the rim rather broad, flat or scarcely convex, the capsule more or less sunk but 

 the points of the valves usually protruding. 



RANGE. 



This species is confined to Western Australia, and is recorded from the 

 vicinity of Erernantle, Cranbrook on the Great Southern Railway, and the Kalgan 

 River, near King George's Sound. We want specimens from intermediate localities. 



Bentham (B.F1. iii, 218) gives: — 



"Sand plains, Kalgan River (Oldfield), and eastward toward Cape Riche 

 (Harvey, Drummond, 3rd Coll. Suppl., n. 14, Preiss. n. 211), all apparently the 

 shrubby form," but I have seen it a tree 3 feet in diameter on the Kalian River 



