4, 



Bark (E. fastigata). — In defining the type it was stated to be to all intents and 

 purposes a Stringybark. The tops of the trunks, and also, as a rule, the branches, 

 are smooth. 



Fruits (E. regnans). — Pear-shaped, truncate, valves not exsert. The fruit has 

 a somewhat broad reddish disc, resembling that of E. hcetnastoma. Sometimes the 

 disc is oblique, and when the fruit is not contracted at the orifice, it bears a striking 

 resemblance to E. obliqua, but it is smaller. 



Fruits (E. fastigata). — Pear-shaped, domed, valves sometimes much exsert. 

 The rather prominent domed disc with the exsert valves appears to be a fairly constant 

 character of the species. It appears to be the only character which can be safely used 

 to separate it from E. regnans on herbarium specimens. But see the remarks at 

 p. , under " Illustrations." The domed character of the fruit is constant in 

 cultivated specimens. 



E. regnans is by far the commoner species in Victoria, and E. fastigata in New 

 South Wales. The latter species also occurs in north-eastern Victoria, and I strongly 

 suspect that E. regnans will be found in the extreme south of New South Wales, e.g., 

 in the Delegate district. I have some specimens attributed to this species, but they 

 are not satisfactory. 



2. With E. obliqua L'Herit. 



The two species closely resemble each other in their fibrous barks, and they 

 often occur in similar localities. In E. fastigata, the branches are smooth, and in 

 E. obliqua the reverse is the case. Mr. Hopkins, speaking of north-eastern Victoria, 

 says that the timber of E. fastigata resembles that of the mountain or highland variety 

 of Messmate (E. obliqua) (this has already been stated in describing the type), but is 

 more free from gum-veins, and that it is a very useful limber for all builders' works. 

 E. obliqua is figured at Plate 6, Part II, and in the coarseness of the juvenile foliage 

 and in its leaf-obliquity generally, and in its fruits, it can be readily seen that the 

 two species are very different. 



3. With E. vitrea R. T. Baker. 



E. fastigata is a Stringybark, while E. vitrea has the thinner Peppermint class of 

 bark. As regards botanical details, Plates 33 and 34 may be compared, thus it is 

 closely allied to E. vitrea in the buds, fruits and venation. Of the fruits of E. vitrea, 

 some show a rather well-marked disc, but they are flat-topped as a rule with enclosed 

 valves, not domed with exsert valves as in E. fastigata. The leaves of E. vitrea are 

 thicker, and on the whole narrower, and the venation more longitudinal than those of 

 E. fastigata. 



