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RANGE (of type form). 



In its typical form I doubt if E. redunca occurs north of the sand-plains of the 

 south-west and south. It is somewhat vaguely described as from between King 

 George's Sound and York, and also from Cape Riche, Konkoberup being Mount Melville, 

 Cape Riche. 



Dr. L. Diels' No. 348G, " 1 metre high," comes from Cape Riche. Nine-Mile 

 Tank, or Dam (on the railway, going north from Hopetoun) (J.H.M.), is the most easterly 

 locality known to me, with the exception of the Phillips River. 



' Black Marlock." Cream filaments, those of one flower turning red. N.B., in 

 drying they have all turned reddish brown. Kalgan Plains, also Kalgan River, where 

 it is very abundant. (J.H.M.). These are dwarf, bushy shrubs with lanceolate leaves. 

 Very broad peduncles. The same, vicinity of the Porongorups. (J.H.M.). A dwarf 

 shrub of 3 or 4 feet, in bud only. 



Dr. E. Pritzel's No. 470 is from the " South-west Plantagenet district " ; 

 Drummond's Nos. 81 and 84, and Tcnterden (Great Southern Railway) are all from 

 the same general area. 



" Shrub of 7-8 feet. Main road between Gnowangerup and Broome Hill. (Dr. 

 F. Stoward, No. 126). " Conspicuous shrub 6-7 feet in height, sparsely scattered 

 over the plain. Sand plain, elevated land near road-side, main road, 2-3 miles west 

 of Ongerup" (Dr. F. Stoward, No. 127). 



VARIETIES. 



1. Var. elata Benth. 



2. Var. angustifolia Benth. 



3. Var. melanophloia Benth. 



4. Var. oxymitra var. nov. 



1. Var. elata Benth. 



A large tree, the trunk generally swelling out suddenly near the ground, forming 

 a kind of pedestal, the bark smooth, white, decorticating in long chartaceous pieces 

 (Oldfield). Operculum rather shorter and the fruit less contracted at the orifice, but 

 not differing otherwise from the normal form. Kalgan River, " White Gum," Oldfield 

 (B. Fl. iii, 253). 



This is the only variety of the species which is of special economic importance. 

 The swelling out of the trunk, usually at no great distance from the ground, with a 

 tumour-like excrescence, seems to be characteristic, and is readily brought out in a 



