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AFFINITIES. 



1. Witli E, concolor, Scliauer. (See below, p. 165.) 



2. With E. uneinata, Turcz. 



The species is allied in its fruit to E. uneinata and E. oleosa, and almost intermediate between them 

 as to stamens, differing from both in foliage and in the shape of its sessile flowers. (B.Fl. iii, 218.) 



Tlie two species {decipiens and uneinata) are totally diflPerent in the bush, the 

 former being a straggly, flbrovis barked, rotten Swamp Gum, and the latter a spindly, 

 whip-stick Mallee, with narrow leaves, a broom-top appearance, and smooth, 

 slightly ribbony stems. The anthers of S. uneinata are semi-terminal and the 

 filaments kinked, and tbat species rarely has acuminate opercula. 



3. With E. oleosa, F.v.M. (See paragraph above.) 



E. oleosa is a Mallee or tough-stemmed small tree, with red, durable wood ; 

 the fruit has a tendency to be spherical or urceolate, while that of E. deeipiens is more 

 truncate. The tips of the valves of the fruits of E. oleosa are more exsert, more 

 subulate, and have less tendency to be joined at their tips. Other differences can be 

 readily indicated by a study of Part XV and Plate 65 (not yet issued) . 



