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2. Var. angustifolia Benth. 



Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate. — E. xanthonema Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. lSd-7, i,163; W. Australia, 

 Drummond, 3rd Coll, n. 67, btk Coll. n. 187 ; S. side of Stirling Ranges and- eastward to Phillips Ranges, 

 Maxwell. B. Fl. iii. 253. 



SYNONYM. 



Following is a translation of Turczaninow's original description : — 



" E. xanthonema Las round branches bare from the base to the inflorescence ; leaves alternate, 

 narrow-linear lanceolate, above the flowers, acuminate at both ends, green, pellucid-dotted, subfalcate, 

 umbels axillary, five-flowered, arranged in a condensed panicle, peduncles erect (then very much deflected, 

 compressed, much longer than the petiole and pedicels ; pedicels the same length as the turbinate calyx- 

 tube, operculum (immature) conical, the same length as the calyx-tube. Filaments remarkable for their 

 reddish orange colour; habit unique. New Holland. Drummond's Collection, No, 67." 



RANGK (of val *. cmgustifolid). 



The range of this variety requires to be defined. It certainly extends into dry 

 country, drier perhaps than the other forms, except oxymitra. 



I have examined Drummond's 67 (3rd coll.) and 187 (5th coll.) in various 

 herbaria. 



No. 67 has linear lanceolate leaves. Those of 187 are broader, and connect 

 with the broader-leaved or typical form figured in the Eucalyptographia. No. 67 is 

 the type of var. angustifolia. No. 187 was collected on a trip described as " Swan 

 Eiver to Cape Riche." 



' Tree of 25 feet, with a rough greyish, persistent bark." Cunderdin (W. V. 

 Fitzgerald). Lanceolate leaves and supple branchlets. " 10 feet high." Same place, 

 date and collector. Obviously the same species, but a more scrubby form. Some of 

 the leaves broader. 



(a) Near Knutsford, Elder Exploring Expedition (R. Helms, 9th December, 

 1891). Similar to the two preceding. 



(b) Mr. Helms presented me with a specimen of the same species, collected on 

 the same date, but labelled " 20 feet, near Golden Valley " (which is the same as " near 

 Knutsford "). Some of the leaves in this specimen are wider than those of (a). 



It seems to me that angustifolia is not an entirely satisfactory variety. 

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