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type of E. incrassata. This is dealt with, to some extent, at Part XXXVIII, 

 p. 223. I have for some time had the matter of other supposed synonyms of 

 E. incrassata and E. dumosa under consideration, and propose, in the present 

 Part, to deal with forms of these two species passing under the names of var. 

 conglobata and var. angulosa respectively. 



E. conglobata R.Br., is in B.F1. iii, 230, placed as a variety of E. dumosa 

 A. Cunn. The matter of E. dumosa and its varieties is, in addition to Part IV, 

 p. 97, dealt with at Part XXXVIII, p. 220. 



To enumerate the Synonyms we have : — 



1. E. dumosa A. Cunn., var. conglobata (R.Br.) Benth. in B.F1. iii, 230. 



2. E. incrassata Labill, var. conglobata (R.Br.) Maiden, in the present work, 



Part IV, p. 100. 



3. E. anceps R.Br. 



4. E. pachyphylla P.v.M., non. A. Cunn. 



For further particulars as to synonyms see Part IV, pp. 100, 101, and 

 XXXVIII, p. 220. 



No. 3. E. anceps R.Br. 



This is represented in figs. 3a, 3b, and 4, Plate 17, and the following 

 additional observations may be made : — 



E. anceps is closely allied to E. conglobata ; the chief points of difference 

 are mainly in the buds and fruits. In E. anceps the calyx-tube is cylindrical 

 and usually longer than the operculum. In the type (which comes from 

 Kangaroo Island) the buds are not fully developed, and show the outer operculum 

 adhering to the second operculum, which was only noticed in one specimen of 

 E. conglobata. In E. conglobata the calyx-tube is nearly hemispherical, about the 

 same length as the calyx-tube or even longer, while it is always striate; only 

 the mature operculum is striate in E. anceps. 



The fruits of E. anceps are barrel-shaped, almost smooth or without the 

 conspicuous wings of E. conglobata, while the valves are smaller and enclosed. 

 The fruits of E. conglobata are hemispherical, with a broad top and rather 

 prominent valves, and not contracted at the base, as in the case of E. anceps. 



In one specimen of E. anceps (Encounter Bay, South Australia, Dr. J. 

 B. Cleland, No. 19), the buds and fruits are sessile in the axes of the leaves, 

 without the usual common peduncle. In another specimen (same sheet) the 

 style is considerably enlarged at the top, giving it a clavate appearance. I 

 examined the style of some specimens of E. conglobata, but found them ali 

 normal. 



