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AFFINITY. 



With E. ovata Labill. 



E. ovata seems the nearest affinity to E. Yarraensis. The former has rough 

 butts, with, in largish trees, flattish ribs of fibrous bark, reminding one of the Turpentines 

 of New South Wales (Syncarpia laurifolia), but with smooth branches, and sometimes 

 the upper part of the bark is smooth. E. Yarraensis, on the other hand, has the trunk 

 and branches rough throughout. Mr. Cambage wrote at the time of collection, " The 

 typical E. ovata is common on the flats around the Upper Yarra, and is quite distinct 

 from No. 4340 " (the present species). Again, the secondary veins of the leaves of 

 E. ovata are more transverse than those of E. Yarraensis, more approaching an angle 

 of 45 degrees. Further, the inflorescence of E. Yarraensis is smaller in all its parts, 

 and, speaking generally, the fruits are more hemispherical. 



