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RANGE. 



It is confined to Western Australia, and we know its habitats very imperfectly. 



Near Fremantle, Preiss No. 225 (the type). 



Bentham adds the following localities : — Doubtful Island Bay and shady 

 ravines, Point Irwin (Oldfield) ; Drummond, 4th Coll., No. 77. 



I have not the type from near Fremantle, but believe I have every form of 

 E. decipiens from that neighbourhood. I have no indubitable E. concolor from the 

 Fremantle district, and, in view of its frequent confusion with E. decipiens, suggest 

 that it be very carefully searched for in that neighbourhood, and careful notes made 

 on the spot. 



I have before me Drummond's 4th Coll., No. 77, quoted by Bentham for E. 

 concolor. It matches precisely specimens collected by me at the Porongorups, on 

 the Kalgan Plains, about 35 miles from Albany. 



Dr. L. Diels' specimens (No. 3,504), " Cape Biche in rupestribus calcareis," 

 from the same district, are similar. 



AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. micranthera, F.v.M. 



E. micro nth era is only known from one or two specimens in bud and flower. 

 What this species is will be better understood when I figure it, but the foliage and 

 inflorescence of these two species are a good deal similar, and the anther of 

 E. micranthera is very small, not with parallel dehiscence, and the top of the 

 filament is wavy or serrulate. 



2. With E. incrassata, Labill. ; var. conglobata, B.Br. 



E. concolor much resembles E. incrassata, var. eonglohatu, in general 

 appearance of herbarium specimens, but the anthers are very different; the fruits 

 of the latter have a narrower rim, while the buds are more or less longitudinally 

 furrowed, and have blunter opercula. 



3. With E.falcata, Turcz. 



On the limestone, near Fremantle, occur small trees, which have been 

 referred to various species. They present some resemblance to E. concolor. I have 

 named them E. falcata, and Fremantle is a new locality for this species, so far as I 

 am aware. Illustrations are necessary to explain the affinities and differences of the 

 two species, which will be gone into in Part XV. 



