One of the objects of my trip was to try and find this and 
other little known forms in the field. I propose the name var. 
‘Wi n rvn w n Vfl for it 
Mr. 0 . H. Sargent, of York, sends me his No. 707 from the 
salty bed of the Salt River, about 10 miles east of County 1 eak, 
near Beverley. It seems nearest to var. tyicicvd ndvci , but the 
fruits are stalked. No doubt other forms of this vaiiable species 
will be found. 
Var. spathulata, var. nov. (E. spathulata Hook, f.) 
A dense scrubby growth 4-6 feet high (Marlock), with conoid, 
angular fruits, flattened foot-stalks, buds egg-in-egg-cup, and 
narrow or spathulate leaves. 
The second growth foliage is very much more spathulate 
than shown by Hooker in Ic, 61 1. I, however, picked from the 
same clump of shrubs specimens precisely similar to those in 
Hooker’s figure and also some strictly spathulate 5 cm. long and j 
rather more than 2 broad. They are all thick and coriaceous, ( 
and the venation appears to be not dissimilar to that of E. occi- 
dentalis 
It is rather common near the Kalgan River (Porongorup to I 
Stirling Range). I have received it also from Broome Hill (Dr. 
A. Morrison). 
Mueller looks upon this as an extreme form of E . occidentalis , I 
and, after careful consideration, I agree. It is another instance I 
of a fruticose form of a species well known in tree-form , vai. I 
macrandra is another fruticose form, and examination of my J 
suite of specimens of that variety has convinced me that the I 
two varieties are closely related and that neither can be usefully 
separated from the normal species. I will bring the connecting | 
links out in due course in my " Critical Revision,” illustrations 
being helpful. . 
Mueller did not name this form, but it is so ditferent in 
appearance both in the field and herbarium from E. occidentalis 
that I think a name is justified. 
30. — E. cornuta (Labill.). “The Yate.” 
A young tree is a Grey Gum, i.e., with bark not so smooth 
as a White Gum. 
A tree of medium size, is spreading in habit, and has rough, 
boxy, fibrous, dark bark, with vertical fissures close to each 
other, limbs ribbony and smooth. 
An old Yate is a large tree and is something like an Iron-bark 
on the butt. Indeed, it is sometimes called an Ironbark for 
this reason. There is no true Ironbark in Western Australia. 
Beyond the butt, the first large branches have bark more flaky, 
while the smaller branches are smooth or nearly so. 
At maturity it becomes a large spreading tree, fond of creek 
sides. 
