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AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. viminalis Labill. 



From E. viminalis it is separated by its uniformly multifiowered character, the 

 absence of ribbons on the bark, the narrower juvenile foliage, the, as a rule, narrower 

 mature foliage, the smaller fruits with valves less exsert. 



It is the specimen " New England, C. Stuart," so named by Bent-ham in 

 B.F1. iii, 240. Stuart's specimen was numbered 123, with the note " Bark very 

 smooth and white." 



It is not a denizen of swampy localities, as is E. viminalis. At the same time, it 

 appears to me to be closest to that species. 



2. With E. rubida Deane and Maiden. 



There is more than a general resemblance between E. scoparia and some northern 

 multifiowered forms of E. rubida, but they are sharply separated by the broad juvenile 

 leaves of the latter species. 



3. With E. Smithii R. T. Baker. 



There is some general resemblance in herbarium specimens between E. scoparia 

 and E. Smithii R. T. Baker, from which it appears to be sharply separated by the 

 markedly smooth bark of the new species. The bark of E. Smithii is almost an Ironbark. 

 The timber also of E. Smithii appears to be darker. The anthers are very different, 

 those of E. Smithii being almost renantherous. 



4. With E. Seeana Maiden. 



In its narrow pendulous juvenile leaves and smooth bark it reminds one of 

 E. Seeana Maiden. The two species differ, however, in almost every other respect. 



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