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RANGE. 



This is a species of dry country, mainly recorded, so far, from Western Australia, 

 but, by the Elder Expedition, found first in South Australia and subsequently in the 

 western State. 



Western Australia. 



"Many-stemmed, 10-15 or 20 feet. Tough wood. Peculiar bark, falling off 

 in narrow, longitudinal pieces, giving a striped appearance. The indurated steins are 

 3 inches in diameter. Several clumps seen. Very yellow buds, with hemispherical 

 operculum, and absolutely no mucro. Operculum, which is distinctly smaller than the 

 calyx, affording one of the best examples I remember of the " egg-in-egg-cup " bud. 

 Leaves greenish-yellow, didl coloured. The material I have is figured at 11, Plate 74." 

 The above statement will be found at p. 225, Part XVII of the present work. (66£ 

 mile post, Pindar, Murchison line, J.H.M., October, 1909.) 



" Bark decorticating from 1 foot from the ground. Mallee, branching from 

 the ground to a height of 15 feet and up to 6 inches in diameter. The bark at base 

 grey, rough, decorticating in rolled up grey strips leaving the stem, w r hich is red in 

 colour, with a peculiar streaked appearance. On rubbing, the loose pieces of bark 

 come off easily, leaving the stem more or less smooth." Near Government Tank, 

 Westonia. This is 6 miles north of Carrabin, a railway station 195 miles east of Perth. 

 (C. E. Lane-Poole, Nos. 220, 463.) 



Shrub 5-8 feet, several stems springing from base, 2-3 inches diameter, bark 

 smooth above, inclined to be rough at base. Open flowers and young fruits. On iror. 

 stone gravel on high land. Best specimens always near the summit, Kunnunoppi, 

 district. (Dr. F. Steward, No. 144.) 



" Shrubby Mallee, 8-10 feet. Sucker leaves, flowers, mature fruits, and bark. 

 Found on ironstone ridge, Kunnunoppin district." (Dr. F. Stoward, No. 146). The 

 bark precisely similar to that of the Pindar specimens, but the leaves of this specimen 

 are broader than those of the type. 



"Eucalyptus Oldfieldii, mountain form." Mount Cooper, Cavenagh Range, 

 R. Helms, 31st July, 1891. " A dwarf state at 2,500 feet elevation." This locality 

 is in Western Australia, and the Camp No. 31, long. 128 degrees. 



South Australia. 



" Eucalyptus Oldfeldii" Elder Expl. Exped., R. Helms, 15 feet high, 12th June, 

 1891. The Expedition w r as then in the vicinity of Yeelunginna Hill in South Australia, 

 say, in lat. 27° 20" S., long. 131° 70" E. 



