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RANGE. 



The species is confined to Western Australia, so far as we know at present. 



Following is the label in Mueller's handwriting on the type : — 



" Eucalyptus decurva ! Ferd. Mueller. East from Perongerup. Maxw." 

 ^ Maxwell). The specimen I have seen is in bud only. 



Following is a copy of the label of the same specimen in Maxwell's hand- 

 writing : — 



" Shrub, east from the Perongcrups. Bark smooth. Ten feet. Very much 

 like the East Mt. Barren Eucalypti." 



I collected it in the same place or district, i.e., in various parts of the Kalgan 

 Plains, between the Porongorups and the Stirling Range. 



Diels (No. 3,420) collected it practically in the same place, viz., between King 

 George's Sound and Cape Riche. 



E. Pritzel (No. 469) gives " South West Plantagenet," which is still the 

 same district. 



AFFINITIES. 



1. With E.falcata, Turcz. 



So much confusion has arisen between the two species that it will be useful 

 to clear the matter up. 



As stated in Fragm. iii, 130, the type of E. decurva, F.v.M., was collected 

 by Maxwell near the Porongorups. Other Eucalypts were collected by the same 

 collector at the same place. Some years ago I received a fragment of a plant stated 

 to be the type, from the Herbier Barbey-Boissier at Geneva, and, with it in my hand, 

 hunted in the vicinity of the Porongorups for it. I matched this particular specimen 

 absolutely, but found it to be E. fa lea (a, Turcz. (See p. 180, Part XV.) 



Speaking of the stamens of E. decurva, F.v.M., Bentham says, " Stamens 

 slender, inflected with an acute angle." (B.Fl. iii, 197.) And again, "Stamens 

 about 3 lines long, the filaments slender and acutely inflected as in E. uncinata and 

 E. coryuocalyx; anthers very small, globular, with distinct parallel cells." {B.Fl. 

 iii, 249.) 



The stamens described are those of E. falcata. The filaments of E. decurva 

 are not inflected at an acute angle. 



