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spicuousl}' removed from the edge, the lateral veins spreading. 

 The texture of leaf thickish, hence the oil-dots, which are fairly- 

 numerous, are not prominent. 



^Mo?s.— Umbels axillary, consisting usually of 4 to 8 in the 

 head, not dull ; sessile, the common stalk being broadish and 

 strongly compressed. The calyces sub-conical and exceeding the 

 operculum, which is conoid, the calyces sometimes angular. 



Stamens all fertile, inflexed in bud, opening with longitudinal, 

 almost parallel slits. 



fruits. — Small, shining, bell-shaped, rim medium, the valves 

 slightly exserted, and usually thi-ee in number. The seeds small, 

 without membranous expansion. 



F. quadrangulata presents points of similarity to E. saligna, 

 E. goniocalyx, and E. Macarthuri. 



It shows affinity to E. saliyna in its kino (it is a member of 

 Maiden's Gummy group). In the occasional angularity of its buds 

 and in the general shape of the fruits, there is some approach to 

 E. saligna, but the buds of the latter are more pointed, the fruits 

 more cylindrical and the rim more sunk, while the venation of 

 the leaves and the texture of the bark show that the species are 

 very different. 



We have already alluded to the similarity of E. quadrangulata 

 and E. goniocalyx as regards sucker-foliage. The similarity of 

 the mature foliage of the two species is unmistakable and extends 

 even to the margins; very large leaves have not, however, yet 

 been found in E. quadrangidata. The shape of the fruits is, how- 

 ever, quite different, while E. quadrangulata is a Box and E. 

 goniocalyx a Ribbony Gum. 



E. quadrangulata possesses no close affinity to the common Box 

 i^E. hemiphloia). 



The sucker foliage of E. Macarthuri is sufficiently distinct from 

 that of E. quadrangulata, nor are the stems of the former angular. 

 The mature foliage of the two species is not dissimilar. The 

 fruits of E. Macarthuri are rather smaller and the valves less 

 exserted. Both species have fibrous barks, but one belongs to 



