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Fruit cainpanulate, 5-7 mm. long, 5-6 nun. broad at the top, 3-4 celled, the 

 short, broad valves slightly protruding. Capsular disc rudimentary, represented by 

 a white membrane over the valves, and a slight thickening of the inner wall of the calyx- 

 tube and staminal ring. 



RANGE. 



It is confined to Westem.Australia, so far as we know at present. 



Collected at Kondinin, on loam flats forming open forest with E. salmonophloia 

 and E. Flocllonke. (C. A. Gardner, Nos. 1843 and 1966.) 



AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. melanoxylon Maiden. See Part LVII, p. 351. 



In general appearance both trees appear to be much alike, both in habit, shape 

 and colour of the leaves, nature of the bark and colour of the timber. Although perhaps 

 the bark of E. melanoxylon is rather more deeply furrowed and not discoloured with 

 kino, and the timber is much darker, the timber of E. Kondininensis is a deep walnut- 

 brown. In other characters both species differ from each other very considerably. 



2. With E. dumosa A. Cunn., figured in Part IV, p. 97, and Part XXXVIII, 



p. 220. 



In dealing with herbarium specimens one would naturally compare E. dumosa 

 with E. Kondininensis, as it is noted for its faintly striated or ribbed operculum, and its 

 short, somewhat cylindrical fruits, but when other characters of E. dumosa are taken 

 into consideration they are found to be totally different from those of E. Kondininensis. 

 The real affinity of the two species appears to be in the ribbed operculum, in the anthers, 

 and to some extent in the shape of the fruits. In habit E. dumosa is a dwarf Mallee, 

 with broadish, somewhat dull, bluish leaves, which retain their dullness and colour 

 even when dry. E. Kondininensis is a tree up to 60 feet high. 

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