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2. With E. eamphora K. T. Baker (E. ovata Labill., var. eamphora). 



Mr. Baker thinks that E. neglect-a is a form of his E. eamphora (Proc. Aust. 

 Assoc. Adv. Science xiv, 307, 1913). 



I do not concur in this, although I look upon it as an aberrant form whose precise 

 position has not been yet assigned. Although in E. eamphora the pedicels are exception- 

 ally quite short, they are never sessile ; the shape of the buds and fruits appears to be 

 different to those of E. eamphora, and in that species (variety) there is no square or 

 angled stem as in E. neglecta. E. neglecta is more or less glaucous. 



3. With E. Gunnii Hook. f. 



E. neglecta displays in bark, juvenile foliage, &c, considerable resemblance to the 

 above species, but the fruits are quite different. The general similarity is, however, 

 so evident that, if hybridism be a factor in the evolution of the present species, 

 the widely -diffused E. Gunnii may well be supposed to have relationship with this 

 new form. 



4. With E. ovata Labill. 



In the passage recently quoted Howitt says "the description of the Dwarf low- 

 land form of E. Gunnii (E. ovata) applies in many respects to this also."' 



5. With E. aggregata Deane and Maiden. 



With E. aggregata the affinity is less close. 



In E. aggregata the juvenile foliage is narrower, more oval, and less, if at all, 

 cordate at the base, the venation is more spreading, the buds are more slender, with 

 narrower peduncles and longer (though not long) pedicels (often the fruits of E. aggregata 

 are quite capitate), the twigs are less quadrangular, the fruits smaller, and have 

 (apparently) a greater tendency to have the valves in 3's. 



-6. With E. incrassata Labill. var. conglobata. _ 



The resemblance of E. neglecta to the above variety is worthy of note ; the resem- 

 blance of E. Kitsoni to the variety is closer. 



7. With E. deeipiens Endl. (See Plate 63.) 



The two species have much in common. The operculum of E. deeipiens is longer 

 and the anther shorter. The juvenile foliage of that species is broader and almost 

 orbicular, and the fruit less flat. Further comparisons require to be made. E. deeipiens 

 is Western Australian. 



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