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RANGE. 



Near Coolgardie, Western Australia, associated with E. torquata Luehmann. 

 (See p. 109, vol. i, of the present work.) (Mr., now Dr., C. L. Webster.) 



These two species grow on a range of hills about 100 feet high above the 

 surrounding country. The range runs almost due east and west; the country consists 

 mostly of iron-stained gravel and boulders lying on decomposed country rock. E. 

 Webster iana occurs 4 miles east of Coolgardie, at Coolgardie (Toorak), and 10 miles 

 west of Coolgardie, near the old Southern Cross road and railway line. 



AFFINITIES. 



In the present state of our knowledge this is a " strong" species, that is to say, 

 we do not know its close relations. 



1. With E. leptopoda Benth. 



The nearest approach to the remarkable fruit of E. Webster iana is a Tammin, 

 W.A., specimen of E. leptopoda. (See fig. 8, Plate 73, Part XVII, of this work). But 

 the juvenile leaves of the two species are sharply different, those of E. leptopoda being 

 very narrow. The mature leaves also are very different. The flowers are much more 

 numerous in E. leptopoda, and the anthers are similar. 



2. With E. Oldfieldii F.v.M. 



The anthers of the two species are very similar. (See Plate 73). I do not trace 

 any other resemblances. 



3. With E. squamosa Deane and Maiden. 



In this species the filament is attached slightly at the back but the anthers 

 of the two species are otherwise very similar. (See Plate 73.) There is some flatten- 

 ing of the rim in E. squamosa, and the shape of the buds (without the filaments), is not 

 dissimilar, but I do not trace other resemblances. 



4. With pyriformis Turcz. 



In this species the gland is a little more forward, otherwise the anthers of the 

 two species are much the same. I see no other resemblance. 



5. With E. decipiens End!. 



See Plate 03, Part XIV. There is a certain amount of similarity between the 

 juvenile foliage of this species and the adult foliage of E. Websteriana. The resemblance 

 in other respects does not appear to be close. 



