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RANGE (of var. astringens). 



This has been, perhaps, already sufficiently stated, and a few additional notes 

 follow : — 



" Mallet," Kalgan River bridge, Kalgan Plains. (J.H.M.) 



" Mallet," operculum shorter and fruits smaller than type, Broome Hill. (J.H.M.) 



" Brown Mallet," Narrogin. (J. H. Gregory, J.H.M.) 



' Brown Mallet." Tree of 50 feet and up to 2 feet diameter. Grows in Eastern 

 districts, York to Cranbrook, east and west of Great Southern Railway. Valuable 

 commercially for tanning purposes. Reserve near Peringillup Siding, No. 4572. (Dr. 

 F. Stoward, No. 94). 



" Grows only in bed of Salt River. It is now (1911) being stripped for tanning 

 purposes all along the Salt Water River, where it grows." Near Meare's Lake, County 

 Peak, Beverley. (H. H. St. Barbe More, 0. H. Sargent, No. 707). Mr. Sargent further 

 says : " This Salt River arises 100 miles or so north of Tammin, and divides itself into 

 two branches near Mt. Stirling. One branch proceeds east, and the other more or less 

 west, and joins the Avon near Mt. Kokeby. This is a tree with rough bark at the butt 

 (like so many smooth-barked trees) and smooth above. The leaves are narrow and the 

 fruits conoid with slender peduncles and petioles. The opercula are slender also. It 

 is a graceful form as far as the specimens go, but I cannot see any difference 

 between this and var. astringens from more southern localities on the Great Southern 

 Railway. 



Chiefly from the notes on the bark, but, in some cases, from other information, 

 I suggest that the following specimens may also belong to var. astringens : — 



Tree about 35 feet, smooth whitish bark on trunk. Ironstone Hill, near Cut 

 Hill, York (O. H. Sargent, No. 302). 



" Mallert." " Arborescent, 40-70 feet high. Habit of Gimlet wood. Bark 

 contains 45 per cent, tannic principle; now (1903) exported." Hills around Pingelly 

 (W. V. Fitzgerald). In Part XXXP7 , p. 99 , it will be observed that Mr. Fitzgerald 

 gives a similar percentage of tannin to E. accedens from the same locality. It should 

 be ascertained whether the statement is a coincidence or a mistake. The herbarium 

 specimens are those of normal occidental) s. 



Tenterden (Dr. A. Morrison). " Mallert," Mt, Barker (W. V. Fitzgerald). West 

 from Yetemerup. also Red Gum Pass, Stirling Range (Dr. A. Morrison). North side 

 of Ellen's Peak, Stirling Range (Dr. A. Morrison). Sand Plains, east of Stirling Range 

 (Cecil Andrews). Kundip, near Ravensthorpe (J.H.M.). Lynburn, Alexander River 

 (H. P. Turnbull). 



