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E. Mitchelliana. 



Fertile seeds glossy, dark brown, 1-I-2J mm. long, the majority about 1 mm. 



broad, a few slightly broader, obliquely pyramidal to somewhat cylindrical-oblong, 



traight or curved, the basal portion either blunt or acute, usually truncate at the 



hilum, the face with two to four ridges, sometimes extending the full length of the seed, 



minutely pitted rugose all over ; testa firm. Hilum terminal, small. 



Sterile seeds glossy, somewhat similar to the fertile seeds, but usually smaller 

 and narrower, the narrowest often curved, about 2 mm. long. 



Xear E. Andrewsi, and differing from it in the somewhat more cylindrical 

 fertile seeds. Buffalo Mountain, Victoria (P. E. H. St. Johm February, 1919). 



E. Simmondsii. 



Fertile seeds glossy, dark brown, 1-|-2|- mm. long, about 1 mm. broad, obliquely 

 pyramidal, oblong to D-shaped, with two to four scarqely prominent radiating ridges, 

 min utely pitted rugose all over. Hilum terminal, small, paler than the thin, brittle 

 testa. 



Sterile seeds glossy, pale to dark brown, polymorphic, more compressed and 

 angular, also smaller than the fertile seeds. 



Allied to E. amygdalina, E. radiata, and E. numerosa. Duck Eiver, Smithton, 

 Tasmania (Eev. J. H. Simmoncls, May, 1921). 



