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Sterile seeds glossy, light to dark brown, very angular, the majority of the broad 

 ones D-shaped, nearly as large as the fertile seeds, the narrow ones obliquely triangular 

 to quadrangular clavate, the former more numerous than the latter. 



Seeds slightly larger than those of E, slrida. National Park (J. L. Boorman, 

 1917). 



E. altior. 



Fertile seeds glossy, dark brown to jet black, 1-2| mm. long, \-l\ nun. broad, 

 very angular, pyramidal to obliquely ovate, with usually three to four somewhat 

 prominent ridges radiating from the hilum to the edge of the seed, minutely pitted 

 rugose all over, the back, however, much more smooth than the face, and side. Hilum 

 terminal, very small, paler than the thin testa, sometimes with a shallow depression 

 surrounding it. 



Sterile seeds glossy, light to dark reddish-brown, the broad ones acutely angled, 

 compressed D-shaped, nearly as large as the fertile seeds, hard and brittle, the narrow 

 ones quadrangular, clavate, 1-4 mm. long, not nearly as numerous as the broad ones. 

 Mount Victoria (J. L. Boorman, 1917). 



E. fraxinoides. 



Fertile seeds glossy, dark brown to jet black, l-J-3 mm. long, 1-lJ mm. broad, 

 very angular on the face, pyramidal to ovate-oblong, with a rather broad, convex, 

 smooth, minutely pitted back, the face with three to five rather prominent radial ridges 

 extending from the hilum to the margin. Hilum terminal, small, whitish, thickened 

 on the inner edge, with a broad space sloping towards the margin ; testa firm. 



Sterile seeds glossy, light to dark reddish-brown, polymorphic, a large number 

 somewhat similar, but smaller than the fertile seeds, the remainder D-shaped to 

 quadrangular oblong, all thick and brittle. 



Somewhat similar to E. altior, but many of them more oblong, with a somewhat 

 larger smooth back. State Forest No. 577, via Queanbeyan (R. C. Blacket, July, 

 1919). 



E. Sieberiana'. 



" Seeds without any appendage, the sterile rather short, but often comparatively broad." 

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



Fertile seeds glossy, dark brown to jet black, 2-4 mm. long, 1-2 mm. broad, 

 polymorphic, obliquely pyramidal to somewhat ovate-oblong, the majority with three 

 to five strong radiating ridges extending from the hilum to the edge, the back usually 

 broadly convexed, minutely pitted rugose. Hilum terminal, very small, paler than 

 the thin, firm testa. 



