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Compare Plate 78, Part xviii, with Plate 92. The affinities of the two species 

 are undoubtedly great. The stamens are different, the fruits of E. gomphocephala 

 are more cylindroid and less domed, the hark more fibrous. 



4. With E. Preissiana Schauer. 



E, Preissiana is a small shrub with yellow filaments. 



If Plate 78 be referred to, it will be seen that the shape of the fruits of the 

 two species is not dissimilar, although those of E. Preissiana are larger and have 

 more valves. The buds of the two species and size and appearance approximate to 

 each other. 



5. With E. gonioealyx F.v.M. (Doubtless E. elceophora F.v.M. is meant.) 



In this connection Plates 82 and 83, Part xix, may be referred to. There is 

 some resemblance in the largest buds and fruits (2a and 2h, Piute 83), but the rims 

 of the two species are different. In E. elceophora the length of the operculum is 

 always shorter in comparison with the calyx-tube. The fruits of both species are 

 often angled, indeed many species are also angled. In bark and timber there is 

 some resemblance; in juvenile foliage little. 



(5. With E. grossa F.v.M. 



For figures of E. grossa see Fig. 2, Plate 18, and Fig. 1, Plate 72. It is 

 only a small shrub; the affinity of the anthers is not close, nor is the resemblance of 

 the fruits. The foliage is coarser than that of E. gomphocephala. E. grossa belongs 

 to the E. incrassata group. 



7. With E. incrassata Labill. 



The forms comprised under E. incrassata are shrubs varying in size ; E. gom- 

 phocephala is always a large tree. The form in Bentham's mind was doubtless that 

 of var. angulosa, depicted in Plate 14. (Part IV). The resemblances between the 

 two species seem to be of a very general character. 



8. With E. vernieosa. 



This is a dwarf, small, varnished-leaved species from mountain tops in 

 Tasmania, with no close affinity to E. gomphocephala. 



Explanation of Plates 89-92. 



PLATE 89. 



E. cinerea F.v.M. 

 la. Mature leaves (orbicular) ; 16, mature leaves and buds (from the same twig as la) ; 1«, anthers; Id, 

 fruit, Limekilns, near Wattle Flat, about 20 miles north of Bathurst. (11. H. Cambage and 

 J.H.M.) 



2. Juvenile leaves, Yass to Bowning. (R. H. Cambage.) 



3. Mature leaves (lanceolate) and buds, Yass district. (G. H. Sheaffe.) 



4. Mature leaf (lanceolate) with fruits, Yass. (R. H. Cambage.) 



5. Mature leaves (cordate) with fruits, Barber's Creek, near Marulan. (J.H.M.) 



6. Intermediate leaf, Marulan. (J. L. Boorman.) 



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