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5. With E. resinifera Sm. 



" The hemispherical fruits might suggest E. resinifera, but the bark is smooth, 

 and the timber quite distinct from that of this species, as is also the oil " (C. Hall). 



Short operculum forms of E. resinifera have been confused with E. Parramattensis, 

 and the general appearance of the fruits and leaves has contributed thereto. Indeed 

 I received E. Parramattensis twigs from Auburn in 1888, and labelled them E. resinifera 

 at the time. 



The pudding-basin edge is common in this species as well as in E. Parramattensis. 

 See Mueller's figure in " Euealyptographia." Such an edge is seen on E. resinifera 

 from south of Port Jackson to Fraser Island, Queensland, e.g., Bankstown and Cabra- 

 matta (J. L. Boorman); Mrs. Macquarie's Chair, Outer Domain (J. H. Camfield); 

 Gladesville (J. L. Boorman); Hawkesbury district (A. Murphy); Fraser Island (W. L. 

 Petrie). 



It is very marked in the fruits rather larger than normal and with the capsule 

 more sunk than usual from the Picton and Thirlmere districts (J.H.M. ), and in the 

 blunt operculum forms from the Blue Mountains showing some transit to E. pellita 

 F.v.M. 



6. With E. propinqua Deane and Maiden. 



Plate 121, Vol. iii, may be referred to. E. Parramattensis has more hemis- 

 pherical fruits, with the pedicels abruptly set on the calyx-tube ; in E. propinqua the 

 connection of calyx-tube is usually (but not invariably) more gradual. The pudding 

 basin rim is often seen in this species. 



The buds in the two species are small and rounded, and usually aberrant forms 

 in the one can be matched by forms in the other. 



The cotyledon-leaves and seedlings generally of the two species present con- 

 siderable similarity, but the juvenile foliage of E. propinqua would appear to be broader 

 than that of the other. 



The author does not definitely state where his species should be placed, but I 

 think its place is between E. resinifera and E. propinqua, inclining to the latter because 

 of the comparatively smooth bark. 



7. With E. viminalis Labill. 



As has been already shown, Bentham looked upon this species as a form of 

 E. viminalis (indeed several species were placed under that species, as they were only 

 known from herbarium specimens), and Mueller followed him for a time. But there 

 is no close relation, and that there was supposed to be an affinity is only drawn attention 

 to, in this place, for completness sake. 



