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The receipt of a drawing of the whole of a specimen from Kew, and my own 

 travels and collections in Tasmania have caused me to revise my earlier views in regard 

 to E. ovala. At one time (Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxvi, 575, 1901) I leaned to the 

 opinion that it was intermediate between E. acervula Hook, f., non Sieb., and 

 E. camphora R. T. Baker, but I now hold the view that it cannot be separated from 

 E. acervula, and a suite of specimens from Mr. L. Rodway, and his opinion, confirm this. 



Let us take the characters in order : — 



A tall tree with smooth bark more or less exhibiting ribbons. Timber pale. 



Juvenile Leaves. It will be observed that the juvenile leaves figured by Mr. 

 R. T. Baker as E. paludosa are broadly lanceolate— acuminate, in fact. These were 

 drawn from a specimen " Barber's Creek (H. Rumsey)." Singularly enough, specimens 

 of typical E. ritbida from the same district display a special tendency to lanceolate 

 juvenile leaves. I have specimens from Mount Wilson which have similar juvenile leaves, 

 and which I look upon as a form intermediate between E. maculosa and E. ovata. There 

 seems a tendency in what I have elsewhere termed species of the Gunnii group (maculosa, 

 ovata, rubida) to have acuminate juvenile leaves, and when people collect juvenile leaves 

 much more commonly than they do at present, it will be seen in what districts this 

 tendency is most prevalent and to what extent. 



Speaking generally, the juvenile leaves of E. ovata are broad, glabrous, ovate to 

 circular ; undulate ; with" or without a point, shortly petiolate. 



Mature leaves. Undulate, sometimes emarginate, narrow to broad. Labillardiere 

 gives the shape of those of E. ovata as " ovate," and Hooker those of his acervula as 

 " ovate to elliptic lanceolate." 



There are all stages from lanceolate to very broad, so that it is impossible to 

 make a line of demarcation between trees with narrow or broad leaves. Petioles long. . 



Buds. Opercula pointed to blunt, sometimes rostrate. Multiple in the umbel. 



The rostrate bud with very sharp operculum ring is seen both in ovata and its 

 variety camphora. 



Fruits. Pedicellate to nearly sessile or perhaps sessile. Hemispherical or 

 urceolate to conoid in shape. Rim sometimes very marked. Sometimes a double-raised 

 ring. Valves sunk, or the tips may be flush with the orifice or well exserted. 



