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RANGE. 



On sterile sandstone ridges from the Hawkesbury River (Berowra, Peat's Road 

 to Hawkesbury) and Como to Sutherland and National Park. 



AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. tereticornis Sm., var., sphceroealyx, F.v. M., and var. amblycorys, 



F.v.M. 



The anthers are, however, very different, that of E. tereticornis opening in 

 parallel slits, and being a narrow anther in comparison. I think it will be most 

 convenient to deal with the affinities of E. squamosa to reputed varieties of E. 

 tereticornis when dealing with the latter species. 



2. With E. salmonophloia, F.v.M. 



As regards anthers, E. salmonophloia. and E. squamosa belong to the same 

 class of round white anthers, opening widely, but the back-gland is not present 

 in E. salmonophloia. The fruits of E. squamosa are larger, fewer-flowered and 

 different in shape, the timber darker, the bark more flaky, and the tree more 

 stunted. 



3. With E. incrassata, Labill., var. eonglobata, R.Br. 



The fruits are much the same in shape (see Plate 17), but there is never any 

 ribbing on those of E. squamosa ; those of the latter are more or less stalked. The 

 anthers are differeut. 



4. With E. Campaspe, S. le M. Moore. 



The fruit of this species (Plate 71) and of E. squamosa have a distant 

 resemblance, but the latter is very glaucous, and the peduncle is strap-shaped. 



5. With E. punctata, DC. 



It possesses considerable superficial resemblance to E. punctata, from which 

 it is at once distinguished by the anthers. Other differences are indicated by the 

 domed rim of E. punctata. In E. squamosa the peduncles and pedicels are nearly 

 round, not compressed as in E. punctata, while the bipedunculate arrangement has 

 already been noted. E. squamosa has also very pale green leaves, narrower leaves, 

 and more ruddy stalks than E. punctata. 



6. With E. corymbosa, Sm. 



Its resemblance to E. cori/mbosa is chiefly in the bark. 



