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wet places." In other words, it is a south and south-western species. The extreme 

 localities appear to be, say, 50 miles west of the Great Southern Railway, and a few 

 miles north of the Eastern Railway in the York district, thence south-easterly to Esper- 

 ance. In its dry country form (var. eremophila) it goes east as far as 140 miles east of 

 Kalgoorlie on the Transcontinental Railway. 



We have (A) dwarf plants (shrubs), (B) trees of various sizes, and (C) Mallets 

 (smooth barks), and this may be a useful classification until we know more of this protean 

 species. 



(A ) The following are dwarf plants : — 



" Mallet Scrub," seems otherwise typical, Kalgan Plains (J.H.M.). " Mallet 

 Scrub" seems smaller in all its parts, Kalgan River (J.H.M.). "Mallet Scrub," small 

 cylindroid fruits, near Kalgan River bridge, Kalgan Plains (J.H.M.). 



" Mallet Scrub" is specifically identical with the Swamp Yate and Mallet tree, 

 but it forms dense masses of spindly stems where I saw it, and I saw it in many places 

 on the Kalgan River and Plains; it is not of any size, and affords another instance of 

 a tall tree being represented by a shrubby form. (J.H.M. in Journ. W.A. Nat. Hist. 

 Soc., iii, Jan., 1911.) 



Stirling Range (E. Pritzel, No. 705). 



Below I have suggested that this Mallet Scrub may not belong to the true Mallet, 

 and, therefore, not to var. astringens. 



" Say 12 feet. Poor sandy laterite and clay." 15 miles or so on Salt River 

 road, south-east of Growangerup, and say 20 miles north of eastern end of Stirling 

 Range. (W. C. Grasby.) 



Shrub from 7-8 feet. Roadside, main road between Growangerup and Broome 

 Hill. (Dr. F. Steward, No. 125.) 



" Marlock," forming thickets, Broome Hill (T. Carter per 0. H. Sargent, No. 685). 



Huegel (PI. Preiss, i, 128) records it as having been collected by Preiss in 1840 

 on sterile soil at Wuljenup, Cape Riche (past flowering, Herb. Preiss, No. 240), and in 

 similar places near the Gordon River, Hay district (fruiting specimen, Preiss, No. 228). 

 These plants are shrubby (fruticosa). I have no particulars as to the sizes of 

 Drummond's 152 or 74. 



(5) The following are trees : — 



Mueller (Fragm. ii, 39) says it attains a height of 120 feet. 



" Swamp Yate," Porongorups, Kalgan Plains, north of Kalgan River; foot of 

 Stirhng Range. Some of these specimens flowering in the broad-leaved stage (J.H.M.). 

 This includes E. agnata Domin. 



" Swamp or Flat-top Yate Gum." Height up to 90 feet and up to 3 feet in 

 diameter. Specimen from young tree of 15 feet. Along the Great Southern Railway 

 from Katanning, south past Mt. Barker, east to the Beaufort and Hay Rivers, and 

 west to the Palinup River, chiefly on swampy ground. Specimen from spot half way 

 between Dunn and Phillips' farms, Kalgan Plains (Dr. Stoward, No. 120a). 

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