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AFFINITIES. 



In the original description Mueller gives E. perforata Behr as a synonym "ex 

 parte." Reference to Part III, p. 81. skews that E. perforata is also a synonym of 

 E. gracilis F.V.M., of E. odorata Behr, Part XI, p. 30; of E. uncinata Turcz., Part XIV, 

 p. 144. See also Part XV, p. 168. So it may be dismissed. The other species quoted, 

 " E. striata Sieb., affiuis " r is a New South Wales one belonging to the Renantherae, and 

 modern inquiry has shown that the two species are not nearly related. As regards 

 other species quoted by Mueller in his subsequent researches into the affinities of 

 E. oleosa, I have dealt with them at Part XV, pp. 173 to 175. 



The true affinities of E. oleosa are with E. falcata Turcz. (see Part XV, p. 175), 

 and also with E. longicornis F.v.M. and E. transcontinentalis Maiden, both included 

 in it by Mueller, and now carved out of it. 



The affinities of E. oleosa and its two closest relations, E. longicornis and 

 E. transcontinentalis, will be stated presently. 



I have (p. 275) already referred to the fact that Mueller, in his original description, 

 described E. oleosa from mixed material. Bentham (B.F1. iii, 248), draws attention to 

 the fact that his description is only partly taken from Mueller's revised one in Fragm. 

 ii, 56. The Western Australian specimens, " as well as a few of those from the Murray 

 Desert," which are " distinguished by the long beak to the operculum," probably belong 

 to E. transcontinentalis and some (Moir's Inlet) to E. longicornis. 



I have shown (p. 272) that Mueller included E. longicornis under E. oleosa. 



The following localities (there are doubtless others) produce E. oleosa and 

 E. transcontinentalis, and that the two species have been confused, at least from the 

 following localities, by botanists and collectors who have given special attention to 

 the genus, is testimony to their close affinity. 



Western Australia.— 70 miles north-west of Fraser Range. 



South Australia.— Port Lincoln (including Point Kirton), Pinnaroo, Murray 

 Scrub. 



Victoria.— Nyaah, Bumbang. 



New South Wales. — Mt. Boppy, Xarrandera-Griffith district. 



