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AFFINITIES. 



These are discussed at some length at Part XVI, pp. 185, 186. 



1. With E. Cooperiana F.v.M, 



Only leaves and flowers (with buds) of E. Cooperiana are in existence (see fig. 5, 

 Plate 151, Part XXXVI); fruits were never seen by Mueller, and therefore one must 

 proceed with caution. Some not perfectly ripe fruits (which perhaps belong to E. 

 Flocktonice) have since been attributed to E. Cooperiana, but they are, I think, not 

 free from doubt. I hope, therefore, that the publication of the figures (and of the 

 present statement) will set collectors to work, and material will be rendered available 

 to decide what E. Cooperiana really is. It is near to E. Flocktcnice, from which it 

 differs in the broad peduncles and pedicels, the broader leaves and the operculum, 

 which is long in E. Flocktonice. At the same time, E. Cooperiana, and to a less degree 

 E. Flocktonice, are species which require further investigation. 



Although Mueller said he had not seen E. Cooperiana in fruit, I have received 

 from Prof. Ewart a small twig bearing two not fully developed fruits, which certainly 

 bear some general resemblance to those of E. Flocktonice. (This work, Part XXXVI, 

 p. 107.) 



2. With E. salmonophloia F.v.M. 



' Its affinities in this respect (seedlings) are with E. salmonophloia, the young 

 leaves of which are, however, glaucous." (J.H.M. in Proc. Roy. Soc. N.S.W.. xlix, 

 317, 1915.) 



3. With E. Gillii Maiden. 



" It resembles E. Gillii in the early stages (seedlings), but the leaves do not then 

 become decurrent." (J.H.M., ib.) 



