72 J. H. MAIDEN. 



Operculum sometimes coloured (reddish), straight or 

 horn-shaped, up to 5 times as long as the calyx-tube and 

 much less in diameter. Filaments yellowish, sometimes 

 crimson, angular, glandular, and with anthers as in the 

 Cornutse. 



Fruits cylindroid to spherical; top of the capsule nearly 

 flush with the rim, giving the fruit, when not fully ripe, a 

 characteristically truncate, flattish appearance. When 

 the fruit is ripe its mouth becomes rounded and somewhat 

 contracted. 



Synonym. 



E. occidentalis Endlicher, var. eremophila Diels, in 

 Engler's Jahrb. xxxv, 442, 1905. See also my O.R., Part 

 xxxvi, p. 147. Figured at Plate 149, figures 7 - 11 of the 

 same work. 



The relations of E. occidentalis Endl. var. grandiflora 

 Maiden (Partxxxvi, "Critical Revision," p. 149, and figures 

 1 and 2, Plate 150) to E. eremophila remain a matter for 

 further consideration. 



Range. 



It is confined to Western Australia so far as we know at 

 present, but it is quite possible that it may occur in western 

 South Australia. This is a dry country form, and its range 

 may be stated as bounded by Watheroo on the Midland 

 Railway, to 140 miles east of Kalgoorlie, and north of 

 Esperance and back again to the vicinity of the Great 

 Southern Railway. It probably has a very extensive range 

 in country of low rainfall. 



"Shrub four metres high, flowers yellow, calyptra (oper- 

 cula) reddish." Near Coolgardie (Dr. L. Diels, No. 5237). 

 Coolgardie, or rather, Boorabbin (E. Pritzel, No. 917). I 

 have also received it from Coolgardie (L. C* Webster). The 

 type comes from Coolgardie. Other localities are quoted, 

 op. cit., p. 148. 



