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AFFINITIES. 



It belongs to that section or sub-section of the Renantherae to which I have 

 given the name Coriacese, because it has longitudinal venation, like E. coriacea. This 

 sub-section also includes stellulata, Moorei, vitrea, Mitchelliana. 



1. With E. vitrea R, T. Baker. 



It differs from E. vitrea in the venation, which is not as straight as in that species ; 

 in the different shaped fruits, which I cannot match with any of E. vitrea; in the different 

 juvenile leaves, and in the seedlings, which have broader leaves than those of E. vitrea. 

 The cotyledons are also more emarginate, those of E. vitrea are nearly entire. The 

 juvenile leaves (suckers) are sessile, lanceolate, in contradistinction to the broad, 

 somewhat falcate-lanceolate, petiolate suckers of E. vitrea. The fruits are also more 

 turbinate than those of E. vitrea, and considerably broader at the top. 



For a resume of the history of E. vitrea, see Journ. Roy. Soe. N.S.W., lii, 516 

 (1918-19). E. Simmondsii has a position between E. vitrea and E. regnans F.v.M. 



2. E. pilularis Sm. var. pyriformis Maiden. 



See Part L, fig. la, Plate 206, and compare the stem-clasping, lanceolate juvenile 

 leaves of E. Simmondsii, as shown in fig. 3a, Plate 232. The resemblance is remarkable 

 and it is hoped that other juvenile leaves of the Renantherse may be collected at the 

 same stage. They would be most valuable for comparison. 



