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AFFINITIES. 



1. and 2. With E. melliodora A. Cunn., and E. melanophloia F.v.M. 



This is another species which seems to me to be a hybrid between E. melliodora 

 on the one hand, and an Ironbark on the other. The assumed Ironbark in this case 

 is E. melanophloia, which is unusual in this association, so far. The foliage is 

 preponderatingly nearer to E. melanophloia, rather than E. melliodora, but 

 E. melanophloia has a red timber ; the colouration of the bark and timber much resembles 

 that of E. melliodora. 



3. With E. hcemastoma Sm., var. micrantha. 



The only similarity appears in the red rim and shape of the fruits; as regards 

 the red rim there is a note under E. Forsythii, but the fruit is larger in that case. We 

 see the character also in E. Tenandrensis, but the rims of the proposed new species are 

 thicker, and the fruits only observed (so far) on the old wood. 



