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AFFINITIES. 



See Part XI, p. 21. 



1 and 2. With E. hemiphloia F.v.M., and E. micrcearpa Maiden. . 



At pp. 21, 22, are enumerated certain specimens which are more or less inter- 

 mediate between E. albens and E. hemiphloia. E. hemiphloia and E. microcarpa Maiden 

 are the only species with whose affinity to E. albens we are concerned at the present 

 moment, and their similarities and differences will be found dealt with in the following 

 table : — 



Juvenile leaves 



E. hemiphloia F.v.M. 



E. microcarpa Maiden. 



E. albens Miq. 



Thin, green throughout . . . 



Thick, slightly glaucous 



Thick, very glaucous 







throughout. 



throughout. 



Lower leaves 



Orbicular, shorty petio- 



Spathulate, petioles short 



Reniform to orbicular, 





late. 



or long. 



petioles long. 



Upper or intermediate 



Broadly lanceolate, say. 



Broad lanceolate, 4-8 cm. 



Broadly ovate to ob- 



leaves. 



6-10 cm. x 3-7 cm.. 



x 2|—4 cm., glaucous on 



liquely lanceolate, 





slightly paler under- 



both surfaces, petioles 



12-|-14 cm. x 7-9 cm., 





neath, petioles moder- 



long. 



glaucous on both sur- 





ately short. 





faces, petioles long. 



Venation 



Prominent 



Faint 



Prominent, very marked 

 on the large leaves. 



Mature leaves 



Green, broad lanceolate to 



Green, broad lanceolate to 



Glaucous, broad lanceo- 





lanceolate falcate. 



narrow lanceolate. 



late to lanceolate fal- 

 cate. 

 Glaucous, angular, 



Buds ... 



Green, cylindrical, grad- 



Green, cylindrical, taper- 





ually tapering into the 



ing at both ends, about 



15-20 mm. long, up 





pedicels, the whole 



10 mm. long, 2-3 mm. 



to 5 mm. diameter. 





10-15 mm. long, 3-4 



in diameter. 







mm. diameter. 







Operculum 



Conical, acute to rostrate, 



Conical, blunt or acute, 



Conical, acute, more or 





about the same, length 



when the latter usually 



less angular and some- 





as the calyx. 



shorter than the calyx- 



what rostrate, longer 







tube. 



than the calyx-tube. 



Fruit 



Pear-shaped to slightly 

 ureeolate, usually pedi- 



Sub-cylindrical, valves 



Glaucous, elliptical 





well sunk, shape same 



truncate urceolate to 





cellate, 10-15 mm. long. 



as E. hemiphloia, 1 mm. 



pear-shaped, sessile or 





5-7 mm. in diameter. 



long, 4 mm. in diameter 



pedicellate, 12-20 mm. 







in the type, but other 



long, up to 10 mm. 







specimens about liali 



in diameter. 







that size. 





Timber 



Pale 



Pale 



Pale. 



