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RANGE. 



It is confined to Western Australia. Bentham only knew it from the Salt River 

 (Maxwell). Then we have — 



'* Shrub or tree of 2 to 10 metres high, bark yellowish, flowers yellowish-white." 

 Phillips River. (Dr. L. Diels, No. 4869). 



Here is a translation of Diels and Pritzel's remarks : — 



" E. annulata extends for a long distance towards the east. We have observed trees 2-10 metres 

 high, with ash-coloured smooth bark, shining leaves, showy with yellowish white flowers, in the Eyre 

 district, near Phillips Eiver, in Eucalyptus scrubs in muddy sandy ground (No. D4869). A typical form 

 of this species was observed in the Coolgardie district at Grasspatch, towards the south, in small open 

 woods (D5284)." Engler's Jahrb., xxxv, 441, 1905. 



A Mallee, 8 to 12 feet. Filaments cream-coloured and rather rigid. On sandy 

 soil, say 20 miles south-east of Growangerup, 20 miles north of Stirling Range (W. C. 

 Grasby). 



" Shrub ranging from 7-8 feet. On cleared land on which the plant had 

 apparently re-established itself. Main road near road-side, elevated sand-plain, 2 miles 

 west of Ongerup " (Dr. F. Stoward, No. 128). 



We therefore have the range, so far as ascertained at present, from the vicinity 

 of the Stirling Range, making north-easterly to Grasspatch, between Esperance and 

 Norseman, taking the Salt and Phillips Rivers on the way. 



AFFINITY. 



With E. cornuta Labill. 



Compare Plate 145 with Plates 142 and 143 of Part XXXIV. The juvenile 

 foliage of E. annulata is unknown. The opercula of E. annulata are shorter, less curved, 

 and dilated at the summit. The peduncle of E. annulata is short and broad-flattened ; 

 that of E. cornuta is long, slender and rounded, and is rarely broadish. The fruits 

 are very different, the valves in E. annulata being shorter, broader, and with less 

 tendency to approximation at their tips. 



