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RANGE. 



It is known only from Western Australia. Localities are : — Burracoppin 

 (F. M. C. Schock, No. 205, 2nd July, 1917: the type Dr. J. B. Cleland, 1908, figured 

 in Part XVII, Plate 75, figs. 7a, lb (mature leaf and fruit), as E. pyriformis Turcz. 

 var. minor; see also Part XLI, p. 17). The type. Halfway between Booran Siding and 

 Burracoppin ( F. M. C. Schock, 2nd July, 1917). Small tree, upper branches with a 

 smooth grey bark, the lower part of trunk covered with ragged bark, Merredin (Max 

 Koch, No. 3,020, January, 1924. In fruit and very young buds; the latter, although 

 immature, show the corrugation. 



" A shrub with the habit of typical E. Oldfiddi, with the stems densely branched 

 from near the base, erect and spreading, 8-15 feet high. Flowers yellowish-white; 

 bark silver-brown, with a rough dark grey persistent bark at the base." Carrabin, 

 Westonia road, in yellow sandy soil on plains, or in thickets of Hakea multilineata and 

 Camarina acutivalvis. Flowers October-November (C. A. Gardner, No. 1,825, 7th 

 October, 1922, co-type). 



AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. pyriformis var. Bameliana Maiden. See Part XVII, p. 232. 



This is an imperfectly known variety, and it seems to have the same funnel- 

 shaped calyx-tube as E. Burracoppinensis, but the operculum is quite smooth, not 

 corrugated, as in the new species. 



2. With E. Oldfieldi F.v.M., figured in Part XVII, p. 223, and again referred to 



in Part XLI, p. 21. 



Both species appear to be much alike in habit; they are Mallee-like or 

 occasionally developing as individual trees. There is also a great deal of similarity 

 between them in the shape of the fruits, but generally the fruits of E. Oldfieldi are 

 smaller and invariably sessile. But the large rostrate, corrugated operculum, and the 

 large parallel anthers of E. Burracoppinensis readily separate it from E. Oldfieldi. 



3. With E. paehyphylla F.v.M., depicted at Part XLI, p. 12. 



The fruits appear to be the only character which bring these species together. 

 They are both members of the E. pyriformis series with the typical pyriformis fruit, 

 which show the large raised disc perhaps better than any other species. The fruits of 

 E. paehyphylla are, however, more strongly ribbed than the fruit of E. Burracoppinensis- 



