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8 inches in diameter. E. pruinosa is a tree, with box-like bark. The juvenile foliage 

 of E. pruinosa and E. gamophylla are not different in size, but the leaves are not fused 

 in the former species, nor have narrow lanceolate leaves been recorded in E. pruinosa 

 so far. The anthers of the two species are different, those of E. pruinosa being semi- 

 terminal and those of E. gamophylla with parallel cells. The branchlets are more 

 quadrangular and the fruits of E. pruinosa are larger, ribbed, and with a rim. 



3. With E. melanophloia F.v.M. 



Reference may be made to Plates 53 and 54 of Part XII. Here again the pairs 

 of juvenile leaves of E. melanophloia are not united. E. melanophloia is a medium- 

 sized or largish tree with rough bark and red timber. The opercula are more pointed, 

 the anthers not very different : the fruits are smaller and less elongate. 



4. With E. tetragona F.v.M. 



" Another remarkable distinctive character of E. gamophylla rests in the extreme 

 difference of the fertile and sterile seeds, and this finds to some extent its repetition 

 only in E. tetragona. which species shows also a form and structure of the fertile seeds 

 similar to those of E. gamophylla. The best position for E. gamophylla would probably 

 be near E. tetragona, although the stamens are not eudesmoid." (Eucalyptographia 

 under E. gamophylla.). 



I would point out that E. tetragona belongs to the Eudesmieae. It has petiolate 

 leaves, branchlets very tetragonous, and very much larger, winged fruits. At the 

 same time the affinity of the two species as regards their seeds is obvious. At present 

 I would say that it possesses characters between E. melanophloia and E. tetragona. 



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