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LXXIIL E. oleosa Rv.M. 



Under Part XV, p. 170 (bottom of page) will be found the following note : — 



' Peeneri ' (native name) Mallee, water bearing, i.e., the roots, if cut into portions and drained, 

 yield drinking water. Sandhills east of Ooldea. Mr. Deane points out that this Mallee lias a vertical 

 growth — no drooping of the leaves, and that it is very rare, only one patch having been seen in a journey 

 of 140 miles from Port Augusta." 



A leaf, buds and fruits are figured at Plate 65, 10a, b, c. 

 We may compare this with, the following : — 



" Mallee clump, 10 yards across, remarkable for its prostrate trunks, which lie on the ground for 

 several feet, sometimes arched. The branches spread out horizontally upwards. In the clump seen one 

 or two of the trunks were erect finally and about 9 feet high. Most of the clump was only 4 or 5 feet high. 

 Ve y ashy-grey in appearance. Bark light grey and rough on the prostrate trunks and small branches. 

 Branchlets smooth and reddish. Growing in hollow between sandhills, Barton, South Australia, 

 Transcontinental Railway Line." (E. H. Ising, No. 1372, 19th September, 1920.) 



Both the Peeneri Mallee and No. 1372 are more or less glaucous; the fruits of 

 the former have not the awl-like tips to the valves of No. 1372 (see fig. 2b, Plate 255), 

 but they may have been rubbed off. We have only imperfect specimens of both forms, 

 which should be further inquired into. Barton and Ooldea are in the same general 

 district, at no great distance from each other. 



Then we have a " Mallee form with mid-grey brown bark, peeling off in long 

 strips, smooth right to the ground, 15 to 18 feet high; trunks fairly erect. Branchlets 

 and leaves erect/' (E. H. Ising, Barton, South Australia, No. 1361, 19th September, 

 1920.) This is nearly typical E. oleosa, with shining leaves. It was also collected 

 by Mr. Henry Deane " Sandhills east of Ooldea, South Australia, June, 1909." It is 

 different in appearance to the two preceding specimens. 



