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The name Murphyi will commemorate Mr. Andrew Murphy and Mr. Percy Murphy, 

 father and son, collectors of native seeds, who for nearly thirty years have enriched the 

 Eucalyptus collection with specimens from different parts of the Commonwealth, and 

 furnished many interesting notes concerning a number of species. 



RANGE. 



Only known from Wongoni, near Merrygoen, 254 miles north-west of Sydney, 

 New South Wales. (Andrew and Percy Murphy, January, 1919, and November, 1921.) 

 The type ; and from Bent State Forest near Dubbo (K. A. Samuels, February, 1918). 



AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. coniea Deane and Maiden, vide Part XIII, p. 123, under E. Baueriana 

 var. coniea, and again referred to in Part XLII, p. 64. 



It appears to have the pendulous habit of E. coniea and resembles it a great deal 

 in the ;• lender branches and narrow leaves, but the bark is coarser and more deeply 

 furrowed, while the juvenile leaves are much narrower, the buds more angular, and the 

 fruits are thicker and more contracted at the top, and not funnel-shaped like the fruits of 

 E. coniea. The anthers are also different and more variable. 



2. With E. crebra F.v.M., described in Part XII, p. 63. 



The bark of E. Murphyi is somewhat like that of E. crebra, especially on the trunk, 

 but it changes on the branches to such an extent that it is then quite smooth. The 

 juvenile leaves of both species are narrow, but those of E. crebra are much narrower — 

 in fact, they are sometimes almost grass-like. There is also a great difference between the 

 anthers of both species, but they have much in common as regards the colour and texture 

 of the timber. If anything, the timber of E. crebra appears to be the darker and harder 

 of the two. 



