150 



E. uncinata. 



" Seeds minute, without any appendage. The sterile seeds are partly narrow, but all very short; 

 the fertile seeds arc almost oval and rather plano-convex." (" Eucalyptographia," figs. 10 and 11.) 



Fertile seeds rattier dull, dark-brown, l|— 2 mm. long, about 1 mm. broad, ovate 

 to somewliat attenuated-ovate, compressed, a few slightly concave, wrinkled, and with. 

 a few shallow pits on the back, the edges somewhat obtuse. Hilum ventral, small, 

 orbicular, not conspicuous, the depression either small or large, not deep ; testa thin. 



Sterile seeds glosssy, reddish -brown, very irregular, the narrow ones sometimes 

 exceeding 2 mm., awl-shaped to clavate, the broad ones more numerous and sometimes 

 less than half the size of the fertile seeds. Bremer Bay, Western Australia (J. Wellstead, 

 December, 1919). 



E. deciqriens. 



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

 graphia," figs. 9 and 10.) 



Fertile seeds rather dull, dark brown or lead-coloured, 1-1-| long, about 1 mm. 

 broad, ovate to somewhat oblong, a few nearly orbicular, compressed, wrinkled on the 

 face and back; minutely and obscurely pitted rugose. Hilum ventral, ovate, small, 

 somewhat deeply depressed ; testa thin. 



Sterile seeds glossy, reddish-brown, the majority cubiform and very much smaller 

 than the fertile seeds, the narrow ones awl-shaped, the longest nearly 3 mm. long. 

 40 miles north of Rosemel, Western Australia (B. R. Lucas). 



E. quaclrangulata. 



Fertile seeds shiny, light-hrown, 1-2 mm. long, f-1 mm. broad, very variable, 

 usually compressed, orbicular, ovate, oblong to somewhat triangular with rounded 

 corners, wrinkled and minutely pitted rugose all over, the edge minutely fringed, but 

 only to be distinguished with the aid of a strong lens. Hilum ventral, very small, 

 paler than the thin testa. 



Sterile seeds glossy, light brown to reddish-brown, very narrow, a few about as 

 long as the fertile seeds. 



Much lighter in colour than E. maculosa and E. rubida, and somewhat thicker. 

 Nundle State Forest (Forest Overseer Mattson, per Forestry Commission). 



(d) Ovate to ovate-oblong, moderately thick. 



Fertile seeds l|-2j mm. long, moderately thick, ovate to oblong-ovate, minutely 

 and obscurely striate. Hilum ventral, almost obscure. 



E. doratoxylon. 

 E. leptophylla. 



