300 



RANGE. 



It is confined to south Western Australia, and it has heen stated to cover 

 2,300 square miles of country. In the original, description Mueller (quoting 

 Augustus Oldfield) speaks of it occurring in low-lying places, where it is known as 

 " Blue Gum." This term is not inappropriate, as generally applied in Australia, hut 

 at least another species goes hy this name in south West Australia, and in course of 

 time the native name "Karri" (now exclusively used) hecame applied to it. 

 Mueller, in the " Eucalyptographia," states its range in the following words : — 



In tli3 moist hilly or mountainous country at and near the Fr.inkland and Walj.ole Rivers, the 

 Shannon, Warren and Dunolly Rivers, more particularly towards the coast, extending about 30 miles or 

 less inland, reaching the country near the entrance of t!;e Blackwood River (J. Forrest), constituting the 

 Karri-forests, oscurring sparingly also at the Porongerup and Torbay (F.v.M), and around Mount 

 Manypeak (Maxwell). 



Bentham records that it was collected by Robert Brown (I have seen a 

 specimen labelled 4,709, King George's Sound), and Mueller says that it is 

 Drummond's Nos. 39 and 59. 



I found it abundant in the Margiret River district. 



AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. Giiilfoylei Maiden. 



Its closest affinity appears to be with E. Guilfoylei Maiden, and I will refer 

 to the matter when dealing with that species. 



2. With E. drepanophylia F.v.M. 



The silky sheen of the leaves sometimes seen in this species is also observable 

 in those of E. divcrsicolor, and -a fine venation is common to both. Sometimes 

 both species have clavate buds ; but the two species have no close affinity, 

 E. drepanophylia being an Ironbark. 



