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Mueller (" Eucalyptographia ") puts it this way : " From the vicinity of 

 Geographe Bay eastward at least to the neighbourhood of Cape Arid, extending inland 

 to Stirling Range." 



I have examined some of Drummond's specimens. As regards Drummond's 

 68 (4th), the specimen in Herb. Cant, is typical comuta ; that in Herb. Oxon. has the 

 fruits distinctly stalked, although the stalklets are short. 



Drummond's 83 (2nd collection), 1844, also belongs to this species. 



Following is the most easterly locality known to me for the species : — 

 ' Weeping Gum." Smooth bark, with more or less dark coloured, rough bark 

 at the butt." (Hubert P. Turnbull.) Calyces more or less fused — a form intermediate 

 between the normal form and E. Lelimanni. 



Specimens from Mr. Turnbull have reached me direct, and also through Mr. 

 Grasby. with two different localities, although they may turn out to be the same. 

 (Mr. Turnbull is now fighting for his country.) (a) Alexander River, (b) Thomas River. 

 These small rivers are not very far apart ; both are between the Duke of Orleans Bay 

 and Cape Arid (Cape Arid is the most easterly locality for the species, according to 

 Mueller) ; Thomas River is a few miles more easterly than the Alexander. Lynnburn 

 is the name of the homestead. The locality promises to be a very interesting one for 

 Eucalypts. 



We now turn west. 



On side of hill, Porongorups (J.H.M.). Mt. Barker, W.A. Oldfield, in Herb. 

 Barbey-Boissier, Geneva. "No. 872, S.W. Bay, W.A." (Oldfield) in Herb. Cant. 



' Tree up to 30 metres high, yellowish bark, foliage drooping, yellow flowers." 

 Mt. Barker (Dr. L. Diels, No. 2329). 



The following four specimens are from the immediate neighbourhood of King 

 George's Sound : — 



Lower King River, King George's Sound (J.H.M.) ; King George's Sound (B. T. 

 Goadby, Nos. 301, 311); Yate, Mt. Clarence, Albany (J. Staer) ; "South-west Plan- 

 tagenet." (Dr. E. Pritzel, No. 225). 



We still go west. 



' Yate." Tree of 35 feet. From top of the Granite Rock Mount (rock about 

 300 or 400 feet high). Kent River (S. W. Jackson). "Yate," Deep River (S. W. 



Jackson). 



We now go north. 



' Yate Gum." Wonnerup, near Busselton (Forest Ranger Donovan). " Men- 

 tioning Yate reminds me that along the road between Busselton and Wonnerup occurs 

 a little patch of the timber. It is many long miles away from the real Yate country, 

 and it is a mystery how it has become established. The seeds may perhaps have 

 been carried by cockatoos, or other seed-eating birds. To those who have not the 



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