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AFFINITIES. 



1. E. uneinata Turcz. 



In the absence of complete material, it was at one time looked upon by me as 

 a pedicellate form of E. uneinata, to which it is related by its terminal anthers. The 

 foliage of E. angusta is narrower, and of a different colour. 



E. uneinata has no awl-like tips to the valves of the capsule. 



The seedlings of E. angusta are different from those of E. uneinata and E. oleosa, 

 but I propose to go into the question of the seedlings of the genus in a later Part. 



2. E. oleosa F.v.M. 



" At Comet Vale (via Kalgoorlie) I noticed a small, erect, rigid gum, leaves very 

 thick, fruits a little more pear-shaped than usual, in bud and ripe fruit. It is a coarse 

 form of E. oleosa, and I did not find this particular form anywhere else." (Maiden 

 in Journ. W.A. Nat. Hist. Soc. Hi, 170, 1911.) See fig. 13, Plate 65. Quoted in 

 Part XV, p. 169 of the present work. 



E. angusta and E. oleosa are sharply separated by their anthers, and by their 

 juvenile leaves, and, to a less extent, by their mature leaves and buds. They approach 

 each other iu their fruits, and particularly in the awl-like processes of the capsule- 

 valves. 



