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(c) InE. occidentalis var. eremophila we have a long peduncle of medium width, the 



pedicels are always present, the calyx-tubes are a little ribbed, and notably 

 of greater diameter than the operculum. The fruit is intermediate in char- 

 acter between that of E. platypus and E. occidentalis , but nearer the former. 



(d) There are lanceolate leaves in E. platypus (e.g., the Hopetoun specimens). 



(e) If we endeavour to use as characters to separate E. platypus and E. occidentalis, 



the presence or absence of pedicels, the comparatively increased diameter of 

 the calyx-tube, and the shape of the fruit (truncate-obovoid or campanulate), 

 we are on the horns of a dilemma, and all that we can say is that E. occidentalis 

 var. eremophila is a form intermediate between E. platypus and E. occidentalis, 

 and there will probably be differences of opinion as to which species to attach 

 it. It indeed belongs to both. 



6. With E. spathulata Hook. 



See remarks in Part XXXV, p. 126, also see Plate 146. E. occidentalis is nearest 

 to E. spathulata in the var. astringens of the former, but the two species are sharply 

 separated by the broad juvenile foliage of E. occidentalis, that of E. spathulata being 

 narrow. As a rule, the operculum of E. spathulata is shorter. 



