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683a). So that we still know but little of its range, and this is doubtless contributed 

 to by the fact that the trees have the same monotonous type of bark so common in the 

 tropics. Added to this, the population of the Northern Territory is sparse in the 

 extreme, and therefore botanical examination of individual trees is not easy. 



AFFINITIES. 



This is one of those species whose place in the genus cannot be definitely stated 

 because we lack essential material (hi this case inflorescence). 



With E. lirata (W. V. Fitzgerald) Maiden. 



Its superficial similarity to E. lirata lies chiefly in the conspicuous pedicellate 

 fruits of E. patellaris, which are usually two or three in number. The species are> 

 however, very dissimilar in the long narrow lanceolate acuminate leaves of E. patellaris, 

 and in the shape and structure of the fruit ; the latter has a broad disc fused to the 

 carpels, and the outer edge projects beyond the rim of the calyx-tube, which gives it 

 a campanulate appearance. 



