322 



Subject to the reservations implied in the above statement, I am oi opinion 

 that it is not a valid species. In this I am but following Mueller himself. I think it 

 will be useful to look upon it as a variety of E, pyrophora and give it the name var. 

 polycarpa. The description of E. polycarpa F.v.M. may be provisionally adopted for 

 the variety, and " Charlotte Waters, E. Giles" (named by Mueller himself E. polycarpa) 

 as the type. It may be looked upon as a small-flowered, and probably small-fruited 

 form of E. pyrophora. 



RANGE (of E. pyrophora). 



Bentham enumerates it from several localities, as stated at p. 320. I reject 

 the Western Australian locality, as stated, but I am far from believing that the species 

 will not be found in that State. It is a dry country species, and in addition to the 

 Northern Territory (home of the type, and near which it has since been found), it has 

 been abundantly traced in northern and western Queensland, adjacent to some .arid 

 New South Wales areas in the Paroo district and west of the Darling. 



New South Wales. 



Buds and flowers, fruits foimd, the last varying in size. " A widely distributed 

 tree west of the Darling River, known generally as Bloodwood. Never found in large 

 quantities— a few trees here and there, rarely becoming large enough for milling. 20-40 

 feet, bark soft, scaly, white in colour. " Toorale-Goonery, Paroo district (J. L. Boorman). 



Queensland. 



It will be observed that the species has been traced from Cunnamulla, Jericho, 

 the Georgina, &c, away to the Gulf of Carpentaria and so joining the Northern Territory 

 localities. 



Cunnamulla, the inflorescence smaller than the type (F. H. Perkins). Cunna 

 mulla is the terminus of the so-called Western Line of Queensland. Jericho is on the 

 Central or Rockkampton-Longreach Line. 



(a) " 'Desert Gum,'" white stem, similar to those from Cobar, N.S.W." Jericho 

 (Henry Deane). (I cannot trace the Cobar specimens), (b) "'Bloodwood.' Black 

 scaly bark." Jericho (Henry Deane). Both specimens in flower, (b) has soma inter- 

 mediate leaves in addition. I cannot see any difference between thera 



Georgina River (E. W. Bick through C. T. White). 



Although the following authors attribute the plants referred to by them to E. 

 corymbosa, it is probable that E. pyrophora is really referred to. The name Blood- 

 wood is, of course, very widely used. I have recorded a specimen from Boulia, and 

 Boulia and the Georgina are in the same general direction. 



