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RANGE. 



This species is, so far as we know at present, confined to Western Australia. In 

 the original description, the range is quoted as " From the valleys south of Stirling Range 

 to Salt River and Phillips Range."— Maxwell. 



I have seen the following specimens : — 



" Shrubs of 30 feet, bark smooth." Banks of Salt River (Maxwell). The type. 

 These specimens have very long opercula, as long as those of E. cornuta, and small, 

 sessile, cylindroid fruits with non-protruding valves. The fruits are, however, loose. 

 Received from the late Mr. J. G. Luehmann, then Curator of the National Herbarium, 

 Melbourne. 



Gaalgugup Hill, Porongorups (J.H.M.). These are small shrubs, with juvenile 

 leaves, and precisely match such of Maxwell's material as is available. 



Red Gum Pass, Stirling Range (Dr. A. Morrison). Similar to Maxwell's, except 

 that the fruits are four-celled. 



AFFINITIES. 



1 . With E. cornuta Labill. 



In B. Fl. iii, 195, Bentham makes a statement of the points of E .macrandra for 

 comparative purposes as follows : — 



Leaves of E. cornuta. 



Peduncles flattened. 



Flowers and fruit nearly sessile. 



Ovary flat-topped, the style not thickened. 



Fruit truncate, the valves not acuminate nor protruding. 



E. cornuta is figured at Plates 142 and 143, Part XXXIV. The buds of the two 

 species are a good deal alike, but those of E. cornuta are more curved. The fruits are 

 markedly different. 



2. With E. occidentalis Endl. 



" E. macrandra F. v. M. is an extreme form of E. occidentalis, exhibiting elongated calyces on hardly 

 any stalklets with very long stamens, and generally smaller fruits with very short fruit valves." (" Eucalyp- 

 tographia," under E. occidentalis.) 



