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

 or channelled, longer than the fertile seeds, and also more numerous, 



Much thicker than E. Parramattensis. Coonabarabran (J. L. Boorman, 1916). 



E. rostrata. 



" Seeds small, all without any appendage, the sterile seeds very narrow." (" Eucalyptographia," 

 figs. 8 and 9.) 



Fertile seeds rather dull, light yellowish-brown, 1 to nearly If mm. long, about 

 1 mm. broad, 3-4 angled, turbinate to D-shaped, more glossy on the back than on the 

 sides. Hilum terminal, very small, often slightly oblique; testa very thin. 



Sterile seeds glossy, pale brown, polymorphic, many similar in shape to the sterile 

 seeds, but not quite so plump, only a small percentage smaller than the sterile seeds, 

 many, however, are much narrower and more pointed, usually awl-shaped. Near 

 Condobolin (R. J. Fawcett, March, 1919.) 



E. rudis. 



" Fertile seeds broader, but mostly not longer than the sterile seeds, all without any appendage." 

 (" Eucalyptographia," figs. 9 and 10.) 



Fertile seeds rather dull, pale to dark brown, 1 mm. long, nearly 1 mm. broad, 

 thickish, triangular to somewhat orbicular, obtusely angled, with one or two faint 

 ridges extending from the hilum ; these are usually more or less pyramidal, or wedge- 

 shaped, the whole surface minutely scurfy rugose, the margin minutely fringed. Hilum 

 terminal, very small; testa thin. 



Sterile seeds glossy, light to dark reddish -brown, 1-2 mm. long, the narrow ones 

 usually more numerous than the broad ones, awl-shaped to somewhat clavate, very 

 numerous. Near Pelican Point, Swan-road, Western Australia (C. E. Lane-Poole> 

 October, 1917). 



E. Morrisii. 



Fertile seeds shiny, light to dark brown, l-l| mm. long, |-1 mm. broad, obtusely 

 oblong pyramidal to triangular, a few reniform to ovate, usually contracted or narrower 

 towards the hilum, the angles minutely fringed, the surface rugose with a minute, dark, 

 deciduous, scaly substance ; testa terminal, somewhat obscure. 



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

 clavate, 1|— 2J mm. long, the broad ones compressed, quadrangular, rarely exceeding 

 If mm. long. Girilambone (J. L. Boorman, 1918). 



