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Cobar (W. Woolls, J. L. Boorrnan) ; Nymagee (J, Wharton Cox) ; Mt. Hope 

 and Mt. Boppy (J. L. Boorman) ; East of Bidden Road, Gilgandra (R. H. Cambage) ; 

 Dubbo-Gilgandra Road, 14 miles from Dubbo (W. Forsyth) ; Dubbo to Minore on 

 a slight elevation, also Peak Hill (J. L. Boorman) ; 12 miles north of Dubbo 

 (H. Deane); Warialda (J.H.M., J. L. Boorman, E. J. Hadley). 



AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. odorata, Behr. 



Already alluded to in my synonym of E. odorata, var. linearis, above. 

 E. acacioides is usually smaller than E. odorata ; but the coastal specimens of 

 E. odorata, e.g., the so-called "Black Mallee " of the Adelaide district, and also 

 var. purpurascens, are quite as small. As a rule, E. acacioides is smaller in all its 

 parts, the leaves being narrower, the fruits smaller and with less tendency to a rim, 

 and the venation less prominent. 



2. With E. fruticetorum, E.v.M. 



In E. acacioides we have greener and usually less glaucous leaves than in 

 E. fruticetorum, but in juA'enile and mature leaves or fruits they seem to run into 

 each other. Typical acacioides from Girilambone, has not only broadish leaves, but 

 a glaucous cast on the young leaves. Indeed, both it and fruticetorum are closely 

 related, and both have close affinity to E. odorata. 



The leaves have often a dull and bluish type of green, and often have a 

 channelled appearance as if a depression on the upper surface was caused by the 

 midrib. Both are usually Mallees, but E. acacioides attains a larger size than I 

 have ever seen in E. fruticetorum. 



3. With E. ealyeogona, Turcz., var. gracilis, Maiden. 



A very ready difference between them lies in the pointed opercula of 

 E. acacioides. The leaves of var. gracilis are broader, usually more shiny, and 

 with more visible oil-dots. The oil-dots are readily seen in the buds of var. gracilis. 

 The leaves of var. gracilis are more glaucous, while the fruits are usually somewhat 

 larger, more conoid or subcylindrical. 



