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E. erythrocorys. — In species with filaments other than white, there is usually 

 more deepening of the colour after the falling of the operculum. Thus, in the present 

 species, they are at first greenish yellow (primrose-yellow), and afterwards lemon or 

 golden-yellow (see Dauthenay, Plate 16, shades 2 and 3). The shades of colour, and 

 the changes of colour, of the filaments can best be studied hi Western Australia, where 

 the colours are best developed, and the subject is well worthy of the attention of a 

 student. 



Then we have the Cornutse, all more or less yellowish, but variously described 

 by different observers. They will repay careful examination in various districts during 

 various seasons, thus : — 



E. annulata. — Yellowish- white ; greenish-yellow. 



E. cornuta. — Yellow (fawn) ; greenish-yellow. 



E. Lehmanni. — Dirty white (Preiss). Greenish-yellow. 



E. macrandra. —Yellowish-white. 



E. occidentalis. — Creamy yellow. 



E. platypus. — Sulphur-coloured . 



E. platypus var. nutans. — Crimson, which contrast well with the yellow anthers. 



(Whether this variety Las ever yellow filaments, I do not know.) 

 E. spathulata. — Yellowish. 

 E. Stoivardi. — Pale yellow. 



Other than Cornutse are— 



E. decurva.— Yellowish. 



E. eremophila.- — Cream. 



E. foecunda — Pale yellow. 



E. Forrestiana. — Yellow. 



E. micrantliera. — Yellowish or yellowish-green. 



E. oleosa. — Yellowish. 



E. Preissiana. — Bright yellow. 



E. sepulcralis. — Yellow. 



E. terminalis. — Cream. 



E. tetragona. — Cream. 



Filaments and anthers decoratively contrasting. 



E. ccesia. — Filaments vieux-rose, anthers bright yellow. (See J.H.M., in 



Joum. Roy. Soc. N.S.W., li, 446.) 

 E. calopJiylla var. rosea. Filaments pink to purple. 

 E. ficifolia. — Filaments orange to scarlet. The anthers in this and the preceding 



species are yellow, but pale-coloured (white) when the yellow pollen is shed. 

 E. platypus var. nutans. — Filaments crimson, anthers yellow. 

 E. £e£raptera.— Filaments pink, contrasting with the not very large grey anthers. 



