CCXI. E. longieornis F.v.M. 



« POOT " OR « RED MORREL." 



In Part LIX, p. 502, it is stated that the juvenile leaves attributed to " Poot " 

 at figs, la, lb, Plate 67 (as E. longieornis) should be held in abeyance. In sending 

 me specimens of E. longieornis from Borden, Western Australia, as " Poot," Mr. C. A. 

 Gardner sends juvenile leaves which are similar to those figured in Part LIX, Plate 241, 

 fig. la. We are, therefore, now able definitely to say that the Poot juvenile leaves 

 as figured in Plate 67 are not E. longieornis. What the leaves are does not now matter ; 

 all that we are concerned is that we now know what the juvenile leaves of " Poot " 

 are. 



Mr. Gardner's letter says : — 



While waiting for the train at Borden (a siding a little to the south of Gnowangerup) I observed 

 a few Morrel trees. These are the most southerly trees of the kind I have seen in this State. I had only 

 time to fell one tree, which, curiously enough, had no fruits on, and to collect juvenile foliage from the 

 stump of an adjacent tree. They are locally known as " Poot " (Morrel is a name foreigi\ to the people 

 of this district), but it appears to me to he identical with E. longieornis. Following is the note made on 

 the spot :— ""' Locally known as ' Poot.' A typical Morrel of 45-60 feet, and 2 feet diameter, with a rough 

 persistent grey fissured bark, white sapwood, and red timber. Borden, W.A., in red loamy soil, forming 

 open forest with E. oeddentalis." (1st May, 1923, No. 1964.) 



CLXXV. E. Websteriana Maiden. 



Two leaf specimens are labelled in Professor Tate's handwriting (a) " Ayers Rock 

 (?) Eucalyptus, Mt. Sonder, see fruits." I have not seen fruits of either of these 

 specimens. They are doubtless the same plant as that referred to in Report, Horn 

 Expedition, Part III, Botany, p. 159 (Professor Tate), as " E. Oldjieldii F. v. M. var. 

 with oval-oblong to ovate-obcordate leaves, one to one and a quarter inches long. 

 Slopes of Mt. Sonder." 



They are probably E. Websteriana Maiden, but it would not be right to speak 

 positively until flowers or fruit are found. The Macdonell Ranges are, however, 

 indicated as a probable locality for the species. Many problems of distribution will 

 have light thrown upon them when the Macdonell Ranges and Central Australia 

 generally are better explored. 



Re E. orbifolia. The specimens forwarded by Mr. Grasby from Mt. Jackson 

 district. Lake Giles, and Macdonell Ranges, Horn Expedition, are slightly distinct 

 from the typical form of E. Websteriana. They are more glaucous, with broader 

 leaves and larger fruits. They are somewhat similar to the type of E. orbifolia (Part 

 XVII, fig. 12a, Plate 74), but the operculum is smooth, not striate as shown in the 

 figure of E. orbifolia. The anthers appear slightly different in the Mt. Jackson specimen 

 to those of the type of E. Websteriana. 



