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C. PoRANTHEROIDEJE (32). 



Small globular anthers, gland at top, filament at base or nearly so. 



I coined this term because the members of it have a good deal of resemblance 

 to the Porantherse of Bentham (B.F1. iii, 191). Bentham includes E. polyanthemos 

 and E. uncinata (which I place under Terminales) and also E. stricta. I add a number 

 of species. 



The Porantheroidege are closely allied to the Terminales; indeed at" one time 

 I looked upon them as " nearly-Terminales," or " semi-Terminales." In the vast 

 majority of cases Eucalyptus anthers do not open by pores in the sense of Kerner ii, 

 92 (figs. 8, 11, 12, 14); they are rather slits. As a group, we have a higher percentage 

 of true pores in the Terminales than in any other. 



E. acacioideS; 



E. albens 



E. Behriana. 



E. bicolor. (Some show affinity to 



the Terminales.) 

 E. Boormani. 

 E. Bosistoana. 

 E. Boivmani. 

 E. Brownii. (Shows affinity to 



Terminales.) 

 E. Cambageana. 

 E. crebra. 

 E. Cutteni. (Anther apparently 



identical with that of E. crebra.) 

 E. decipiens. (Shows some affinity 



to Renanthera?.) 

 E. decorticans. 

 E. drepanophylla. 

 E. fruticetorum. 



E, hemiphloiai 



E, Hillii. (N.B. This is therefore allied 

 to the Boxes rather than to the Blood- 

 woods, as far as Anthers are concerned. ) 



E. hybrida. 



E. leptophleba. 



E. melanophloia. 



E. microcarpa. 



E. microtheca. 



E. Normantonensis. 



E. ochrophloia. 



E. odorata. 



E. populi folia. 



E, pruinosa. 



E. rariflora. 



E. siderophloia- 



E. Spenceriana. 



E. Staigeriana. 



E. Thozetiana. 



The above list is preponderatingly one of " Boxes," but it includes a number 

 of Ironbarks, viz., crebra, Culleni, decorticans, drepanophylla, melanophloia, sideropliloia t 

 Staigeriana. In addition it includes Boormani and hybrida, which are reputed 

 Box-Ironbark hybrids. All the above affords evidence in support of the view that 

 many Boxes and Ironbarks are closely related, and also that they cross with considerable 

 facility. 



The species, almost without exception, are Eastern Australian. 

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