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Sterile seeds glossy, reddish-brown, the majority narrow, flexuose, or awl-shaped, 

 the broad ones more irregular and compressed, all smaller than the fertile seeds. 



Scarcely differing from E. maculosa. Wingello (J. L. Boorman, 1918). 



E. scojparia. 



Fertile seeds dark brown, rather dull, l-l| mm. long, 1 mm. broad, ovate and 

 very irregular in outline, compressed and wrinkled on botli face and back, slightly 

 muricate. Hilum ventral, very small, the depression surrounding it very irregular, 

 sometimes long and narrow, but usually very broad ; testa thin. 



Sterile seeds reddish-brown, glossy, very irregular in shape, rarely exceeding 

 -|- mm. long, very numerous. Wallangarra (J. L. Boorman, 1917). 



E. maculosa. 



Fertile seeds rather dull, dark brown, 1^-2 mm. long, 1 mm. broad, compressed, 

 ovate, oblong, to somewhat triangular, a few somewhat quadrangular, wrinkled, or 

 with three or more shallow depressions on the back, the face somewhat concave, 

 minutely pitted rugose all over. Hilum ventral, orbicular, usually with a broad, 

 shallow depression surrounding it; testa thin. 



Sterile seeds usually glossy, reddish-brown, the majority very narrow, awl- 

 shaped, the broad ones compressed, ovate to tri- or cmadrangular, all smaller than the 

 fertile seeds. Wingello (J. L. Boorman). 



E. ovata var. camphora. 



Fertile seeds rather dull, dark brown, 1-1 -|- mm. long, f-1 mm. broad, polymorphic, 

 ovate, oblong, somewhat tiiangular to nearly globose, usually compressed, wrinkled, 

 and minutely striate on the back. Hilum ventral, very small, paler than the thin 

 testa, the depression broad and shallow. 



Sterile seeds glossy, dark reddish-brown, the majority very narrow, more or less 

 wrinkled and curved, rather thin, l-l{mm. long, the broader ones thicker and smaller, 

 except in a few cases. 



Very similar to E. maculosa, but slightly smaller. Wingello (A. Murphy, 

 1910). 



E. aggregate. 



Fertile seeds shiny, light to dark brown, 1-iJ mm. long, -J-l mm. broad, usually 

 compressed, somewhat concave, broadly ovate to oblong, a few nearly orbicular to 

 obtusely triangular, all more or less wrinkled and minutely pitted rugose, the margin 

 not fringed. Hilum ventral, very small, paler than the thin testa, the depression 

 surrounding i<- l°-ge and shallow. 



