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Sterile seeds glossy, reddish-brown to dark brown, similar to the fertile seeds, 

 but less angular and without the somewhat conspicuous, sharp ridges. 



Darker in eolottr than E. Cloezicma, and more sharply angled. Mount Victoria 

 (J.H.M., 1917). 



E. Muelleriana. 



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

 to somewhat obliquely pyramidal, with three to five prominent radiating ridges extending 

 from the hilum to the edge, a few ovate or nearly so, with a long, smooth base and 

 slightly grooved near the hilum, minutely pitted rugose on both surfaces. Hilum 

 terminal, rather small; testa firm. 



Sterile seeds glossy, light to dark reddish-brown, similar in shape, but without 

 the prominent radiating ridges of the fertile seeds, the majority smaller. 



Seems to differ from E. Sieberiana mainly in the colour of the fertile seeds. Eden 

 (H. H. Rose, 1918). 



E. coriacea. 



" Seeds without any appendage, the sterile mostly not much narrower than the fertile seeds." 

 ('" Eucalyptographia," figs. 8 and 9 as E. pauciflora.) 



Fertile seeds glossy, very dark brown, 1 \- 2j mm. long, \-\\ mm. broad, D-sbaped 

 to somewhat pyramidal, a few oblong, with two to three faint radiating ridges, minutely 

 pitted rugose on both surfaces. Hilum terminal, small ; testa thin. 



Sterile seeds glossy, light to dark brown, somewhat similar to the fertile seeds 

 in size and shape, but with a hard, brittle testa. 



The seeds are very strong in oil, which has a castor-oil-like flavour. Differs 

 from E. vitrea in being more D-shaped, and darker in colour. Mount Macedon, Victoria 

 (C. Walter, April, 1902). 



E. obtusiflora. 



Fertile seeds glossy, light brown, 2-2| mm. long and nearly as broad, angular, 

 D-shaped to pyramidal, with three to five strong nerve-like radial ridges, paler than 

 the testa, extending from the hilum to the edge, the back broadly convexed, minutely 

 pitted, the face pitted rugose. Hilum small, terminal, paler than the rather hard 

 testa ; endosperm hardish. 



Sterile seeds glossy, yellowish brown to light brown, similar to the fertile seeds, 

 and often very difficult to separate, the majority compressed D-shaped, slightly smaller 

 than the fertile seeds, a few of the somewhat quadrangular, oblong ones as long as 

 the fertile seeds. 



Differing from E. virgata in colour and size. They are, however, almost identical 

 with E. stricta. The Spit, near Sydney (W. F. Blakely and J. L. Boorman). 



