RANGE. 



Milly's Soak, and about 4 miles east of Nannine, September, 1903 (W. V. 

 Fitzgerald). The localities are in the Murchison district of Western Australia. 



So far as observed, the new plant is confined to calcareous areas, with a permanent supply of fresh 

 water at shallow depths. It appears to reproduce readily from seeds, suckers freely, and is apparently 

 a moderately fast grower. Roughly, it covers an area of 5 square miles at Milly's Soak, and about 4 square 

 miles east of Nannine. Both areas have in yeais past been largely drawn on for use in the various mines, 

 and for fuel, and aie now practically denuded of all matured, examples. In the first-named locality the 

 species i,s associated with E. microtheca F.v.M., in places being almost superseded by that species. Near 

 Nannine the accompanying congener consists of irregularly grown examples of E. rostrala Schlecht. The 

 presence of these Eucalypts offers a pleasing variation to the monotony of the giejish-foliagcd " Mulga " 

 (Acacia?), which cover a vast proportion of these districts. It may be remarked that the so-called " White 

 Gum " at Milly's Soak is the E. microtheca F.v.M., and the " Flooded Gum " east of Nannine is E. rostrala 

 Schlecht, partly. (Original description.) 



AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. foecunda Schauer. 



The new species constitutes one of the "Flooded Gums,'' or the " York Gum " of the Cue and Nannine 

 mining districts. In cortical characters, the crooked nature of the trunk and in the wood is not very diffeunt 

 from that of the true " York Gum " (E. foecunda Schauer, var. loxophcba), but the foliage, flowers, and fruit 

 are very different. (Original description.) 



2. With E. incrassata Labill. 



In the latter characteristics (flowers and fruit) it more closely approximates E. incrassata Labill., 

 and differs chiefly from that species in habit, bark, and in the calyx lid being broader than the tube and 

 conspicuously ribbed. (Original description.) 



In the same Journal, iii (January, 1911), I wrote : — ■ 



In my opinion this is a variety of E. incrassata. The juvenile leaves are as nearly as possible the same 

 as those of var. dumosa collected by me at Dongarra. The Dongarra trees are large, so are those of the same 

 sp3cies at Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Milly's Soak trees are exceptionally large for E. incrassata, 

 so are those of the two localities I have quoted. The timbers of the two species appear to be similar. 



The fruits are those of E. incrassata, while the ribs of the opercula are characteristic of those of 

 E. incrassata. 



I shall be glad if any correspondent can favour me with flowers, but at present I see no grounds 

 for separating it from the protean and widely-diffused E. incrassata Labill. 



3. With E. dumosa A. Cunn. 



In the last paragraph, under E. incrassata, I really referred to E. dumosa, for 

 many years, by Bentham and others, included in E. incrassata. The two species are 

 very close (see Part IV, p. 97, Plate 16, and Part XXXVIII, p. 223), and some botanists 

 may be unwilling to separate them. The buds and fruits of E. striaticalyx are larger, 

 and the pedicels more distinct, but I cannot find that the leaves and floral organs are 

 specifically different from those of E. dumosa. I give it the benefit of the doubt at 

 present, because of its geographical distribution. 



