151 



He adds : "the arborescent one, Limestone Hills, Swan River, and Banestee 

 River, on the road to King George's Sound, " Flooded Gum " (Oldficld) ; swamps 

 about Tulbrinup Lake (Maxwell)." 



The plant varies a good deal in size, and I know of no botanical differences 

 between the shrubby and arborescent forms of the species, which seem purely a 

 matter of environment. 



Following are some notes made by me while standing before the trees on flats, 

 Kalgan Plains, near the Porongorups, and on the banks of the Kalgan River : — 



a. Called "Swamp Gum" or "Flooded Gum." Occurs on flats. The best 

 tree in the bush for leaves to blaze up, hence fires are commonly made of the green 

 branches. Trunk up to 3 feet in diameter. In its depauperate form, a straggling 

 unhandsome tree with brittle branches. Has no great length of trunk. Timber 

 not used, bad to burn. " Moitch " is the aboriginal name for the tree, as given to 

 me bv Mr. "William Dunn, an old resident. 



b. There are very large rather fine-looking trees near the Kalgan River ; the 

 stunted ones are in swamps on plains. It has box-like bark, which reminded me of 

 the bark of the apple tree (E. Sluartiana) of the east coast. The timber is not 

 used for anything ; it is very difficult to burn. 



c. I came across a tall thicket of this species on Gaalgugup Hill, with small 

 fruits in heads all down the stalks. Leaves medium lanceolate, and somewhat 

 thickish in texture. The species is variable in various ways. 



Diels and Pritzel (Engler, Jahrb., xxxv, 438, 1905) did not see the tall tree 

 form of this species. 



In specimens collected by me at the Porongorups, near the edge of the 

 Kalgan Plains, I observed (!) opercula distinctly curved and fruits compressed as 

 to be conoid and valves non-exsert ; (2) buds broadened out at the base so as to be 

 almost winged, and some of the fruits with the rims thin. 



All of the specimens display considerable variation in width of leaf — many of 

 them would meet the requirements of var. anguslifolia, while others have leaves as 

 broad as those of the typical form. I repeat that I cannot see that a variety 

 anguslifolia would be justifiable or useful in practice. 



The above are from the South Coast district; the following are from near 

 Fremantle and Perth. 



Erect shrubs, S-12 feet, forming thickets on limestone rocks, near Fremantle, 

 (W. V. Fitzgerald). In this specimen also we have an admixture of leaves of width 

 varying from lanceolate to broadly ovate. Near Claremont (between Fremantle and 

 Perth) on limestone (Cecil Andrews, Dr. J. B. Cleland) ; North Beach, near 

 Fremantle (Dr. J. B. Cleland). 



