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DESCRIPTION. 



CCXI. E. longieornis F.v.M. 



"RED MORREL." 



For an account of this species see Part XXXIX, p. 272. with illustrations as there 

 cited. It will be observed that in the figures of E. longieornis in Part XV, Plate 66, 

 not a single juvenile leaf was depicted. (In Plate 67 the " Poot " was attributed to 

 E. longieornis, and juvenile leaves shown, stated to have been obtained from a " Poot " 

 tree, but those juvenile leaves should be held in abeyance.) 



Following are descriptions of juvenile and intermediate leaves which will be 

 found figured on Plate 241 in the present Part. 



(1) Juvenile leaves. — Stems distinctly quadrangular (lowest ones available), opposite. Leaves 

 oblong, almost sessile, crowded and decussate, terminating in a small curved point, glaucous, copiously 

 dotted with oil-cells, 2-4 cm. long, 5-15 mm. broad, the midrib and lateral veins more or less indistinct. 

 (Wagin, C. H. Gardner, No. 1234). 



(2) Intermediate leaves. — Stems angular: leaves alternate, glaucous, almost sessile to distinctly 

 petiolate, oblong to lanceolate, thickish, 3-6 cm. long, 10-15 mm. broad. (Westonia, Forester J. M. Cusack). 



RANGE. 



For particulars of this Western Australian species see Part XXXIX, p. 272 

 In sending me specimens from Westonia (Eastern Goldfields), Mr. C. A. Gardner, in 

 reply to my question as to the range of this species, says, " It has not been continuously 

 traced to the Eastern Goldfields." But see what Mr. Lane-Poole says below. Both 

 statements are probably correct ; but authentic observations, or herbarium specimens, 

 absolutely proving that the species is approximately continuous from the Goldfields 

 to the Great Southern Railway, are desirable. 



I have two photographs of the tree, both taken by Mr. C. E. Lane-Poole, late 

 Conservator of Forests, Western Australia. 



9&. " Head of the Kurrawang Line, 82 miles from Kurrawang. Girth, 6 ft. 11 inches. It will be 

 seen that this tree attains a very large size."' 



4J>. " Westonia State Forest. This tree grows in the western portion of the Goldfields and spreads 

 away down to the south along the Great Southern Line. It is a magnificent tree, and, unlike some., other 

 trees, it carries its (rough) bark right up to the base of the crown. The wood can be used for all manner 

 of purposes, such as spokes and felloes, waggon scantling, handles and general wheelwright and coach- 

 building work. Unfortunately, the bulk of it is going into the mines for fuel, and only a very small pro- 

 portion is sawn up into boards at the Kurrawang Mill, the Golden Horseshoe Mill, and other similar small 

 mills in Kalgoorlie." 



