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RANGE. 



Only known from Western Australia. Found in sandy loam in Mallee thickets 

 at a place called Salmon Gums, 66 miles north of Esperance. (W. P. Brown, per C. As 

 Gardner, No. 944a. The type.) 



AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. eorrugata Lueh., described in Part XVI, p. 198. 



Both species are Mallees, and have much in common as regards the buds and 

 fruits, but E. Kesselli seems to differ mainly from E. eorrugata in the broad compressed 

 peduncle and in the more turbinate fruits, the valves of which are more slender, and 

 the capsular disc is broader. The anthers are also broader than those of E. eorrugata. 



2. With E. Griffithsii Maiden, described in Part XVI, p. 208. 



The buds and fruits of E. Griffithsii are in threes, like those of E. eorrugata and 

 E. Kesselli, but the operculum is very short in E. Griffithsii, and the fruits are of a 

 different shape and only faintly ribbed, while the common peduncle is terete. 



3. With E. goniantha Turcz., dealt with in Part XVI, p. 200. 



From the imperfect material of E. goniantha it appears to differ from E. Kesselli 

 in the narrower leaves, different venation, and in the more numerous flowers of the 

 umbel. The anthers of both species are very much alike, but those of E. goniantha 

 seem to be smaller and narrower. 



