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Explanation of Plates (57-60). 

 PLATE 57. 



E, affinis, Deane and Maiden. 



1. Juvenile leaves. Stuart Town, N.S.W. (A. Murphy.) 



2. .Juvenile leaf, a little further advanced, but still in the opposite stage, Stuart Town. (J. L. 



Boorman.) 

 3a. Mature leaf ; 36, angular buds ; 3c, anther, showing dehiscence ; 3rf, fruits, angular, and not quite 



ripe, of " Tallow-tree." Murrumbidgerie, N.S.W. (A. Murphy.) 

 4a. Small fruits, .showing rim ; 46, small fruits of " White Ironbark." Grenfell-road, from Cowra, 



N.S.W. (R. H. Cambage.) 



5. Fruits, 7 miles east of Parkes, N.S.W. (R. H. Cambage.) 



6. Coarse, angular fruits of " Black Box." Lue, N.S.W. (J. L. Boorman.) 



7. Fruits, rather spheroidal in shape, probably referable to E. nffinia, tliough with some doubt. 



Wallangarra, New South Wales-Queensland border. (J. L. Boorman.) 



E. panicidata, Sm. 

 8a. Twig, with leaf, buds, and flowers ; 86, anthers. Collected by Robert Brown at Port Jackson, 



1802-5, and distributed by the British Museum under the number 4,736. 

 9a. Leaf ; 96, large fruits (by no means rare in the species) ; 9e, small fruits, all from Ryde, Port 

 Jackson (J.H.M.) 

 10a. Leaf; 106, flowers ; 10c, anther of Sieber's " Fl. Nova; Holl., No. 468." See p. 107. 



11. Juvenile leaf. Wingello, N.S.W. (J.H.M.) 



12. Bulbous swelling in seedling. Woy Woy, N.S.W. (A. Murphy). This swelling is very common in 



seedlings belonging to this genus, and the cause has not been investigated so far as I ara aware. 

 It is presumably to be attributed to the action of bacteria. 



13. Tapering fruits. Casino, N.S.W. (District Forester W. P. Pope.) 



14. Sub-cylindrical fruits. Wyong, N.S.W. (J. L. Boorman.) 



15. Fruits, showing rim. Nowra, N.S.W. (J.H.M.) 



16. Fruits, showing slight exsertion of valves, which is not rare in this species. Wingello, N.S.W. 



(J.H.M. and J. L. Boorman.) 

 17a. Small fruits, showing marked rim ; 176, end view of a fruit. Conjola, N.S.W. (W. Heron.) 



18. Small fruits. Kincumber, N.S.W. (R. H. Cambage and J.H.M.) 



19. Very small fruits with distinct rim and valves distinctly exserted. " Grey Ironbark." Williams 



River district. (J. L. Boorman.) 



20. Small fruits, valves distinctly exserted. "Grey Ironbark." Eight-mile Plains, Brisbane, Queensland. 



(J. L. Boorman.) 



21. Flowering twig of a slender, narrow-leaved form, which is apt to be confused (from superficial 



examination) with E. crebra. Moolah, Kuri'ajong district, N.S.W. (Rev. Dr. WooUs.) This 

 is var. augustifolia, Benth. See p. 104. 



PLATE 68. 



E. polyanthemos, Sohauer. 



1. Twig drawn from a co-type gf the species. " Interior of Southern Australia, north of Bathurst. A. 



Cunningham." (Herb. Howard.) 

 2a. Mature leaf; 26, buds. Mt. McDonald, near Cowra, N.S.W. (J.H.M. and J. L. Boorman.) 

 3a and 36. Mature leaves (note the comparative difference in width); 3c, fruits, "Red Gum" or Red 



Box." Stuart Town, N.S.W. (A. Murphy.) 

 4. Mature leaf, "Slaty Gum." Dubbo, parish of Blackheath. (District Forester C. Marriott.) 



