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AFFINITIES. 



1. "With E. setosa Schauer. 



Mueller does not refer to E. ferruginea- in " Eucalyptographia." Bentham 

 (B.F1. iii, 198) gives the key :— 



Leaves opposite, sessile, cordate. Branchlets rusty-pubescent. Leaves 



large. Fruit above 1 inch long E. ferruginea. 



Branchlets and calyx bristly. Leaves small. Fruit J to f inch long ... E. setosa. 



Turning to E. ferruginea, leaves " large " in the type mean 4J inches long and a 

 third of that wide. I have leaves from G-lencoe 6J inches long and half that wide. 

 The Glencoe fruit, the only one I have personally measured, is ovoid and an inch long. 



In E. setosa the leaves are small only by comparison — under 2 inches and li 

 wide in the portion of the type accessible to me. In the Northern Territory specimens 



1 have seen leaves, both juvenile and adult, 3J inches long, and the former more than 



2 inches broad. Fruits I have seen up to an inch long, but they are urceolate-globular, 

 while those of E . ferruginea are ovoid. 



2. With E. Torelliana F.v.M. 



E .ferruginea seems to connect with the Corymbosse through E. Torelliana. 



