Notes on Western Australian Eucalypts 
including description of New Species. 
BY J. H. MAIDEN, 
Government Botanist of New South Wales and Honorary Member. 
(Read December ijlh, igio.) 
These notes are based on field observations made by me in 
Western Australia from September to December, 1909, but I 
have taken the opportunity of incorporating a few notes from 
other sources. 
t. — E. marginata (Sm.). “ Jarrah.” 
Mr. William Dunn, a native of Albany, over 60 years of age, 
says that Mahogany is the name given by the old settlers to the 
timber later on known as Jarrah ; that he does not remember 
the name Jarrah ever having been employed until the introduction 
of saw-milling machinery ; he has sawn the timber from boyhood. 
In bark and somewhat in general appearance, the Jarrah 
resembles the E. resinifera of coastal New South Wales and 
Queensland. It flowers as a shrub. 
Following is a description of the juvenile leaves. They 
were received from Mr. Max Koch, and have not been previously 
described. 
Lanceolate, sharply acuminate, slightly oblique, rounded at 
the base, petiolate ; thin in texture, pale on the underside, 
glabrous on both sides ; margin thickened and slightly recurved, 
the intramarginal vein distinctly removed from the edge ; midrib 
distinct, lateral veins fairly distinct, pinnate, at an approximate 
angle of 45 degrees with the midrib, smaller veins anastomosing 
and obvious ; oil-dots not obvious. 
The irregularly striate appearance sometimes seen in fruits 
of this species and in a few others, e.g., E. diversicolor is the 
result of the contraction of sub-succulent vascular tissue over 
longitudinal bands of fibro-vascular tissue. 
2.— E. buprestium, F. v. M. 
Juvenile leaves (not previously described.) Ovoid to oblong 
mucronate, petiolate, say 2-3 inches long by 1-1J broad, glaucous, 
equally green on both sides, margin slightly thickened. Venation 
distinct, intramarginal vein at a considerable distance from the 
edge, sub-pinnately veined, with the lateral veins approximately 
forming an angle of 45° with the midrib. 
