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Tenterfield to Sandy Flat, some juvenile leaves quite broad (J.H.M.); "All 

 the trees noticed have flaky bark at the base, none smooth ; all multiflowered. Along 

 creek bank, Wilson's Downfall (R. H. Cambage, No. 2,842) ; banks of Kooreelah Creek, 

 Wilson's Peak, Macpherson's Range, multiflowered (W. Dunn). 



Queensland. 



It is found in the New England portion of this State, but the area in which 

 E. viminalis occurs requires to be more properly defined. 



AFFINITIES. 



At page 167 I have already referred to the reputed synonymy of E. viminalis as 

 understood by Bentham in B.F1. iii, 240. 



This species has generally been considered to have close affinity to E. Gunnii 

 Hook. f. By that is meant what wc know now as the Gunnii group, and the two 

 members to which it is nearest related are E. maculosa R. T. Baker and E. ovata Labill. 



1. With E. maculosa R. T. Baker. 



Consider Plate 112 (Part NXVII). Speaking generally, the juvenile leaves of 

 E. maculosa are shorter, broader, and more rigid. E. maculosa is much more frequently 

 multiflowered, and the valves arc rarely so much exsert. E. maculosa is a smaller 

 tree and prefers drier situations, being a White Gum with blotches or a small amount 

 of flaky bark ; E. viminalis is a larger, bulkier tree of river banks and damp lands, and 

 a decidedly Ribbony Gum. 



2. With E. ovata Labill. 



Here the resemblance is less close; compare Plates 113 and 114 of Part XXVII. 

 At the same time this species, in Tasmania and Australia, has been confused with 

 E. viminalis. 



Both are denizens of damp lands, but E. ovata has broader juvenile leaves, and 

 at the same time usually broader mature leaves; it is multiflowered, and the fruits 

 usually, but by no means invariably, have a different shape.' 



3. With E. Baeuerleni F.v.M. 



The relations of these two species are even close?) and will be dealt with in 

 Tare XXIX. 



