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There are two forms of E. occidentalis whose chief distinction appears to lie in the 

 bark, viz., the " Flat-topped or Swamp Yate," and the " Mallet." Endlicher' s descrip- 

 tion of the species throws no light on the character of the bark, but I think it is a fair 

 assumption that the " Flat-topped Yate " is referred to. This is the tree well-known 

 for many years, and I describe its appearance as follows : — 



1. An erect tree with flat tops. The bark blackish and furrowed (on the lower 

 half of the trunk), then flaky or feathery with black twisted strips, like a French fowl, 

 for approximately the remaining half, then with smooth branches. (See my notes in 

 Journ. W. A. Nat. Hist. Soc. iii, Jan., 1911.) 



2. Oldfield's way of describing the bark is " Bark of trunk persistent, half -fibrous, 

 hard, fibres crossed, limbs white, very smooth, branches red." 



3. Mueller's description is, " Stem of aged trees to a considerable extent smooth 

 the outer rough, the more corky and somewhat fibrous portion delapsing in thin hard 

 pieces partially. Limbs smooth and whitish . . . bark of twigs reddish brown." 

 (" Eucalyptographia ") He does not take cognisance of the bark of two forms. 



As regards the leaves also we have two forms : — 



1. Narrow-leaved, like Drummond's No. 152. 



2. Broad-leaved, like Drummond's No. 74; Mueller's figure in the " Eucalypto- 



graphia" and Domin's E. adnata, 



but so far I have not been able to correlate this variation of foliage with variation in 

 size of plant, difference of bark, or any other character which would enable one to carve 

 out a second species. 



Bentham says : " In some of Drummond's and Oldfield's specimens the leaves 

 are smaller and narrower, the calyx and fruit smaller, the orifice slightly contracted, 

 and the very small valves scarcely protrude." (B. Fl. iii, 236.) 



RANGK (°f normal species). 



The type came- from Fremantle, according to the original describer, but this is 

 wrong, and doubtless arose through a mixing of labels. I could not find it in the Fre- 

 mantle district; lately I invited Dr. Steward's attention to this very point, and he 

 says that it does not occur there. 



Bentham gives the range, quoting Maxwell, as from the Kalgan River and the 

 west end of the Stirling Range, eastward to Cape Riche and Cape Le Grand. 



Mueller "(Eucalyptographia") defines it as " from the Tone River to regions 

 inland near Cape Le Grand and the Broken Ranges near Orleans Bay, forming 'part of 

 the scrubs known to extend about 40 miles northward of Edicup and to ascend high 

 up the Stirling Range, occurring on clayey as well as on sandy soil, also occupying 



