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 PLATE 42. 



E. acmenioides, Schauer. 



la and 16. Juvenile leaves, still in the opposite stage; lc, fruits, from Brisbane, Queensland. (J.H.M.) 

 2. Fruits from Kincumber, N.S.W.; larger than the preceding. (W. R. Stacey.) 



3a. Leaf; 36, ripe buds, just losing opereula, of the type specimen of E. triantka, Link., from the Botanical 

 Museum, Berlin (per favour of Dr. L. Diels). 



4a. Twig with buds (note the sinuate margin of the leaf, which is characteristic of the species); 46, front 

 and back view of anther; 4c, fruits (larger than Nos. 1 and 2). Booral district, N.S.W. (A. 

 Rudder.) 



5a. Leaf (rather broad); 56, fruits; from Rockhampton, central'coastal Queensland. (A. Murphy.) 



6a. Very thick leaf, with wavy margin; 66, buds; 6c, fruits of a White Mahogany from Awaba (between 

 Gosford and Newcastle), N.S.W. (J. L. Boorman.) I look upon this as showing transit between 

 E. umbra and E. acmenioides. 



la and 76. Juvenile leaves, still in the opposite stage; 7c, mature leaf, with wavy margin; Id, very young 

 buds; 7e, fruits, from a " White Mahogany" tree, Woy Woy, N.S.W. (A. Murphy.) I cannot 

 resist the inference that this tree is intermediate in character between E. umbra and E. acmenioides. 

 Both 6 and 7 are coarser than E. acmenioides, and the leaves and fruit approach those of E. umbra. 



8a. Juvenile leaves ; 86, fruits of a tree from Woodburn, Richmond River, N.S.W. (W. Baeuerlen), 

 which Mr. R. T. Baker has, since the drawing was made, described as a new species, under the 

 name of E. carnea. I look upon it as an intermediate form between E. umbra and E. acmenioides- 



PLATE 43. 



E. virgala, Sieb. 



1. Twig, with buds, drawn from Sieber's type of E. virgata (No. 467, Fl. Novae Holl.). Leaves very thick, 

 and scarcely showing venation. 



2a. Juvenile leaves, just past the opposite stage ; 26, mature leaf; 2c, buds; 2d, fruits. North side of the 

 Spit, Middle Harbour, Port Jackson. (J. H. Camfield.) The specimens match the type very 

 closely; I have some that quite match it. 



var. obtusiflora. 



3. Portion of drawing of type of E. obtusiflora, DC. (PI. 10 Mem. Fam. Myrt. t, 10, par A. P. De Candolle.) 



4a. Leaf; 46, front and back view of anther; 4c, buds; all drawn from a type specimen of Sieber's 

 No. 473, the number figured by De Candolle in the drawing just quoted. This form is specially 

 abundant near South Head, Port Jackson. 



5. Perfectly ripe fruits of E. obtusiflora, DC, from Vaucluse to Bondi, Sydney. (J.H.M.) Note the 



broad, flat rims. 



6. Fruits. La Perouse Road, Botany. (J. H. Camfield.) Typical obtusiflora. Fruits rather hemi- 



spherical and with sunk rims. Other fruits from this area precisely match (5). 



7. Juvenile leaf, still in opposite stage. National Park. (J. H. Camfield.) 



N.B. — I cannot say in what way these leaves differ from those of the arboreal form of Blackheath, 

 N.S.W. (See fig. 17a, Plate 43.) 



8a. Juvenile leaves, in opposite stage; 86, buds; 8c, two views of a fruit, showing warty protuberances; 

 8d, fruit showing a tendency to be urceolate. North side of Suspension Bridge, Middle Harbour, 

 Port Jackson. (J. H. Camfield.) 

 N.B. — All these specimens from the same shrub ! 



This is a coastal locality, and yet the juvenile leaves and fruits (8d) would be at once named 

 stricta if found on the Blue Mountains. 



