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E. torquata. 



Fertile seeds glossy, light to dark brown, 1^-3 mm. long, 1-2 mm. broad, 

 somewhat irregular in shape, varying from ovate oblong to somewhat triangular, 

 moderately thick, ■ minutely longitudinally pitted striate. Hilum ventral, small, the 

 depression surrounding it rather large and irregular in outline ; testa very thin. 



Sterile seeds glossy, reddish-brown, cubiform to awl-shaped, 1-2 mm. long, 

 very numerous. 



E. Websteriana (not figured). 



Fertile seeds glossy, dark brown, the longest slightly more than 1 mm. long, 

 and slightly less than 1 mm. broad, oblong to somewhat triangular, a few D-shaped, 

 rather plump, minutely pitted striate all over. Hilum ventral, small, paler than the 

 very thin testa. 



Sterile seeds glossy, light to dark reddish-brown, the majority narrow subulate, 

 about 2 mm. long, a few longer and more than twice the length of the fertile seeds. 



White Hope, via Kalgoorlie, Western Australia (R. J. Larsen). 



E.fcecunda (not figured). 



Fertile seeds conspicuously larger than the sterile seeds, all without any appendage." (" Eucalypto- 

 graphia," figs. 9 and 10.) 



Fertile seeds rather dull, light brown, J to slightly over 1 mm. long and about 

 as broad in proportion, ovate, oblong to rhombic, compressed or slightly pyramidal, 

 slightly wrinkled, minutely striate on the back. Hilum ventral, small, paler than 

 the thin testa, the depression surrounding it sometimes very obscure in the angular 

 seeds, more prominent in the compressed seed. 



Sterile seeds shiny, slightly darker than the fertile seeds, very angular, a few 

 more elongated than the rest and nearly as long as the fertile ones. 



.More orbicular and slightly thicker than E. salubris. 



Southern Cross, Western Australia (J.H.M.). 



(b) Large, striate longitudinally. 



Fertile seeds light to dark brown, 2-3 mm. long, minutely striate to almost 

 smooth. 



E. ochrophloia. E. Staigeriana. 



