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AFFINITIES. 



The history of some specimens may be convenient at this place. 



A. E. redunca Schauer var. (tngustifolia Benth (B.F1. iii, 253). This consists 

 of three plants : — • 



(a) E. xanthonema Tnrcz: See Part LXI, p. 5. 



(b) DrmnmoncTs 5th Coll. No. 187 (1849). These specimens consist of mature 



leaves., buds and flowers, and display a good deal of similarity to E. Sargenti, 

 but the leaves appear to be smaller. 



(c) ;: South side of Stirling Range (s) and eastward to Phillips Ranges (Maxwell) " 



I have not seen these specimens, and would invite attention to the fact that 

 E. occidentalis Endl. vax. oxymitra Diels comes from the Phillips River, in the 

 same general district. 



B. E. occidentalis Endl. var. oxymitra Diels 



Oxus, sharp, mitra, a mitre (applied to the calyptra in certain mosses), hence, 

 as applied to Eucalyptus, a sharp or pointed operculum. Specimens from " Phillips 

 River in Eucalyptus scrubs in sandy places" (Dr. L. Diels, No. 4885) have been 

 distributed by Dr. Diels under the above name, but I cannot trace any published 

 description of the reputed variety. (See Part XXXD7, p. 93.) 



Figured under E. redunca var. oxymitra at figs. 5a, 5b, Plate 141. See a 

 translation by Drs. Diels and Pritzel on E. occidentalis var. oxymitra Diels, and its affinity 

 to E. redunca at Part XXXVI, p. 150 (top of page). 



C. E. redunca Schauer var. oxymitra Maiden, var. nov. 



Broad Arrow, Western Australia (R. Helms, No. 102). (See Part XXXD7, 

 p. 98.) Figured at figs. 4a, 4b, 4c, Plate 141. 



My action in making E. redunca var. oxymitra Maiden in part only, and not 

 wholly, a synonym of E. occidentalis var., oxymitra Diels, is, however, calculated to 

 cause some confusion. I took this action because the material of E. occidentalis var. 

 oxymitra Diels in my possession is poor, and I could not satisfactorily describe it, nor 

 obtain additional material of it for distribution. 



1. With E. redunca Schauer var. elata Benth. 



E. Sargenti has narrower juvenile leaves in comparison with the apparently 

 broad ones of those of E. redunca var. elata. Compare the drawings of E. Sargenti 

 (figs. 4a, 4b, 4c, Plate 149, under E. occidentalis var. asiringens) with those of E. redunca 

 var. elata in Plate 140. The leaves of the former are thinner and more graceful, while 

 the fruit3 are smaller and with well-ezserted valves. 



