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AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. Jenseni Maiden. 



The closest resemblance is in the shape of the fruits, which are, however, 

 pedicellate in E. Umbrawarrensis; the anthers are not very dissimilar. But in foliage 

 and timber (E. Jenseni is an Ironbark with red timber) the two species are far removed 

 from each other. 



2. With E. pallidifolia F.v.M. 



See Part XXII, p. 29, Plate 93. The timber of E. pallidifolia is yellowish near 

 the bark, but it is a red timber nevertheless. Both are White Gums, and they 

 somewhat resemble each other in the narrow foliage, but the branches are glaucous 

 or pruinose, and the leaves are olive-green in a dry state, while those of E. pallidifolia 

 dry whitish with a yellow cast. They are also broader in some specimens, while those 

 of the type of E. Umbrawarrensis are narrow. 



The buds of both species are small, but, in E. Umbraivarrensis they are slightly 

 cylindrical to pear-shaped, as opposed to the very short globose clavate and thicker 

 or larger buds of E. pallidifolia. We have the same difference in the shape of the 

 fruits. The fruits of E. Umbrawarrensis are smaller, more cylindrical, thinner, with 

 scarcely conspicuous valves, while those of E. pallidifolia are much larger, hemi- 

 spherical to globose, with a thick rim and very strong prominent valves. 



