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AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. teretieornis Sm. 



E. amplifolia is an inhabitant of swampy or cold places ; it has become 

 acclimatised to localities of greater elevation than has E. teretieornis. This has, however, 

 been already dealt with and so have the points of difference between the two species, 

 which can be referred to in comparing Plates 128 and 131. 



2. With E. resinifera Sm. 



If only mature leaves and buds are available, then E. amplifolia and E. 

 resinifera specimens may resemble each other. The venation of the two species may 

 be not alike, although that of E. resinifera is more decidedly parallel, the buds are often 

 curved and often much of the same shape, even to the double operculum on individual 

 buds. But the juvenile foliage is far more coarse in E. amplifolia, while E. resinifera 

 has a bark allied to the stringybarks. The fruit is more domed in E. amplifolia. 



3. With E. siderophloia Benth. 



There is a certain amount of superficial similarity between the two species, as 

 comparison of Plates 47 (Vol. 1) and Plate 131 will show. Both have coarse, nearly 

 circular foliage, and the buds are sometimes a good deal alike. The timbers of both are 

 red, but that of E. siderophloia has greater tensile strength. The fruits are very 

 dissimilar. E. amplifolia is a Gum, while E. siderophloia is an Ironbark . 



4. With E. capitellata Sm. and 



5. E. maerorrhyneha F.v.M. 



Affinities to these species are suggested by Naudin in the original description, 

 but the supposed affinity is far-fetched. Both these species have kidney-shaped 

 anthers (Renantherse), and are Stringybarks. 



The figures of E. capitellata may be referred to in Vol. I, Plate 38, and of 

 E. maerorrhyneha in Plate 39, and bear out that the relations between thenr and 

 E. amplifolia are distant. 



Explanation of Plates (128-131). 



PLATE 128. 



E. teretieornis Srn. 



la. Juvenile leaf ; lb, twig with buds ; lc, fruits ; Id, riper fruits. Near Mrs. Macquarie's Chair, Outer 

 Domain, Sydney. (J. H. Camfield.) These specimens may be taken as typical of the species, 

 the type of which was collected in the immediate neighbourhood. 



2a. A larger mature leaf; 2b, buds; 2c, fruits not quite ripe. Outer Domain, from the vicinity of Mr. 

 Camfield's official residence, a few hundred yards south of the Chair. (J. H. Camfield.) 



