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PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION D. 
Leaves large, their oildots very fine and numerous ; 
stem-bark fibrous only near the base, L. regnans. 
(Probably correctly included in 2. amygdalina asa variety by 
Bentham and Mueller.) 
Leaves small, thick, hardly inequilateral, Z. santa- 
lifolia. 
(Includes E. pachyloma). 
Leaves mostly large, inequilateral 
. Stems of young ‘plants and offshoots quite quad- 
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136. 
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139. 
rangular, with opposite ovate bluish-white leaves, 
E, Maideni. 
(I find the above the most striking character in this remark- 
able species. The typical specimens have rather numer- 
ous flowers in an umbel, clavate and smooth in bud, with 
hemispherical but pointed operculum, and a rather long 
flattened peduncle. But there are forms, especially 
specimens collected in Gippsland by Mr. A. W. Howitt, 
that show an unmistakable approach to E. globulus, 
which in its ordinary form has such a different appearance. 
In other respects there is an evident affinity with E. 
goniocalyx. All three species have in their young state 
quadrangular stems and bluish leaves; the adult leaves 
are also somewhat similar in shape and texture. In my 
opinion, there are weighty reasons against the assumption 
that we have herea case of hybridisation, but must rather 
ascribe it to evolution.) 
Stems of young plants nearly terete... 
Veins of leaves very oblique .. 
Veins of leaves very diver ging 
Flowers and fruits sessile, L’. capitellata. 
Flowers and fruits on short pedicels... 
Operculum conical, 2. macrorhyncha. 
Operculum hemispherical, /. Afwelleri. 
Flowers mostly three in an umbel, L. viminalis. 
Flowers more than three in an umbel : ae 
Operculum nearly hemispherical or shortly and 
bluntly conical 
Operculum conical or neuminate 
Leaves green, alternate, /. Stwartiana. 
(Distinewtshed from E. viminalis when the latter has more 
than three flowers in an umbel by the fibrous bark and 
roundish seedling leaves, E. viminalis having either a 
smooth or a rugged but never fibrous bark and lanceolate 
seedling leaves. ) 
Leaves ashy-grey, sometimes opposite, 1. dealbata. 
Operculum mostly ending in a beak, /. rostrata. 
(Some varieties have a blunt operculum and form a con- 
necting link between this and E. tereticornis. E. exserta 
is a variety.) 
Operculum conical, not beaked 
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