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For E. Abergiana, see Plate 170, Part XLI. The two species are sliarply separated 

 by the non-yellow bark, and the red timber of E. Abergiana. The mature foliage of 

 that species is broader, the buds ovoid, and therefore the opercula non-conoid, the 

 peduncles thicker and more distinctly articulate, the fruits larger and more woody. 

 At the same time, we are not fully aware of the amount of variation in that species. 



3. With E. maeulata Hook. f. 



E. eximia claims particularly close relationship to E. maeulata; but its distinctness is vindicated 

 by the persistency and pecuUarity of the bark, by the still finer venation of the leaves, by the flowers 

 being of larger size and devoid of stalklcts, by the less ready separation of the outer and inner lid from 

 each other, by the petaloid whitish not shining inner but smoother and more lustrous lid, and by the 

 larger fruits; the seedling state may also be difierent. (" Eucalyptographia," under E. eximia.) 



Mr. W. F. Blakely informed me, in February, 1918, that young shoots of 

 E. eximia in the Hornsby, Sydney, district, distinctly smellcd of oil of lemon. This 

 indicates affinity to E. maeulata var. citriodora. I will postpone further consideration 

 of the contrasts until E. maeulata is reached in Part XLIII. 



4. With E. corymbosa^m. 



Although called a Bloodwood tree, it differs widely from E. corymbosa, not only in some of the 

 characteristics of its flowers and fruits, but also in foliage and bark, the latter being of more scaly texture 

 and also smoother outside. (" Eucalyptographia,"- under E. eximia.) 



For E. corymbosa see Part XXXIX, Plates 161, 162. The latter has a hard, 

 scaly, non-yellow bark, with red timber. Its flush of young foliage is reddish rather than 

 purple, and its very young leaves are non-petiolate. The two species differ in the shape 

 of the fruits, which have pedicels in E. corymbosa, which also has its buds more clavate. 



