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The species is sufficiently figured as follows :— 



1. Fig. 3, Plate 43, Part IX, we have a portion of A. P. de Candolle's figure 



(doubtless of the type). 



2. Fig. 4a-c, Plate 43, is drawn from the type. It is redrawn at figs. C and D, 



Plate 94, of my " Forest Flora of New South Wales." 



3. Other drawings of fruits will be found at figures 5, 6 and 11 of Plate 43. 



The fruits may be larger than those depicted, and the opercula are sometimes 

 rugose. The sucker-leaves alone have not been adequately figured. 



SYNONYMS. 



1. E. Hgida R.Br. (Sieb. PI. Exs. as quoted by Bentham, B.F1. iii, 205). The 



use of the name E. rigida (also used by Hoffmannsegg in 1826) is dealt with at 

 length at Part IX, p. 273. 



2. E. pipe)ita Sm., var. pauciflora DC. in Prod, iii, 219. 



3. E. virgata Sieb., var. obtusiflora Maiden, in Part IX, p. 276, 



RANGE. 



It seems to be confined to New South Wales. Port Jackson (Sieber No, 473) ; 

 Bargo Brush, Backhouse, are localities quoted by Bentham. One is practically coastal, 

 and the other is a little inland, about 70 miles south of Sydney and 20 from the sea 

 (as the crow flies). 



It is common around Port Jackson and its estuaries, and in situations adjacent 

 to the Pacific Ocean, both north and south of Sydney. Brisbane Water (Gosford) is 

 the most northerly locality recorded so far, and the vicinity of Ulladulla (Conjola) the 

 most southerly ore. Only rarely has it been foimd, so far, a few miles inland. It 

 attains a far larger size in sheltered, deep sandy localities around Port Jackson, than 

 on hungry sandstone plateaux. 



Berowra (W. F. Blakely and D. W. Shiress) already referred to. This is a 

 locality getting away from the coast-line. 



" Mallee-like, but sometimes only two or three plants together. Stems slender, 

 3-5 inches in diameter. Forms bushy — like small trees of 10-15 feet. Young bark 

 greenish or bluish, peeling off in ribbons when old. Young tips only slightly yellow." 

 The Spit, near Manly. , (W. F. Blakely and J. L. Boorman.) Another report, made 

 by Mr. Blakely to me on 26th August, 1918, says, " Rather tall shrub, branches smooth 

 and glaucous, with a few loose ribbons hanging from them. Obtained from near cottage 

 by the roadside, on the Spit-Manly road, near The Spit, this day. Mr. Boorman informed 

 me that this was the only plant he knew of at the time, and that the 1914 and 1917 

 specimens collected by him were obtained from it." See this work, Part IX, p. 282. 



It used to be exceedingly abundant not far from the foreshores in many other 

 parts of Port Jackson and its estuaries. Such localities are too numerous to 

 individualise. 



