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proceeding as to the relations of shrubs and trees from, say, the Swan River to King 

 George's Sound, hitherto variously attributed to E. concolor and to E. decipiens, the 

 matter may well stand over for a reasonable time. 



It may turn out that — 



(a) E. concolor is the Fremantle form of E. decipiens. 



(b) E. decipiens var. angustifolia (see Part XIV, p. 149) is an even narrower-leaved 



form of E. decipiens than is typical E. concolor. 



2. Under E. uncinata Turcz. See Part XIV, and at p. 145 we have Subiaco 

 Beach near Fremantle (Dr. J. B. Cleland) and 3 miles south of Fremantle (W. V. 

 Fitzgerald). I have also received specimens from " near Fremantle, Limestone" 

 (C. Andrews). Not only did Mr. Fitzgerald, but also Mr. Ardrews, another competent 

 botanist, label them E. uncinata. They had not seen the type of E. uncinata, the 

 forms of which have not even yet been fully worked out, and it is useful to point out 

 that the view above indicated was held near the type locality of E. concolor itself. 



It will be seen that Bentham (B.F1. hi, 218) points out the similarity of the 

 fruit in E. decipiens and E. uncinata. 



3. Under E. falcata Turcz. var. ecostata Maiden. See Part XV, p. 181. On 

 limestone, near Fremantle. (Cecil Andrews and W. V. Fitzgerald). These speci- 

 mens are discussed in their relations to E. concolor lower down the page and on page 

 182. Placing these Fremantle specimens under E. falcata is an act for which I am 

 alone responsible, but the Fremantle plant has the buds sometimes so ribbed as to 

 resemble E. falcata somewhat. 



Drummond's No. 77 is not E. concolor. 



Bentham's citation of Drummond's 4th Coll. No. 77 under E. concolor, a very 

 thick-leaved specimen, only seen in mature leaf and fruit, and figured at fig. 11, Plate 

 63 (Part XIV) is important inasmuch as it was the only specimen, named E. concolor 

 by high authority, which was available for the guidance of Australian botanists for 

 veiy many years. At fig. 12 I have matched Dr. Diels' Cape Riche specimen with it, 

 and still think that this view is probably correct. 



I have leferred at length to Dr. Diels' specimens at p. 155, Part XIV. Some 

 further collecting is required, in connection with the general decipiens-concolor 

 investigation already referred to, when the position of these specimens can again be 

 referred to, but at present it can be said that none of them are typical for E. concolor, 

 and I have made a slip of the pen in the lettering under fig. 11 (page 163) in saying that 

 Drummond's specimen is typical for E. concolor. 



