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3. With E. pulverulenta Sims. 



Mr. Fitzgerald makes this suggestion, as we have already seen. For E. 'pulveru- 

 lenta, see Part XXI, p. 12, with Plates 90 and 91. E. Mooreana is a tree of 30 feet; 

 E. pulverulenta is a tall spindly shrub. Both of them, so far as we are aware, have 

 broad leaves in all stages, although apparently those of the latter species do not attain 

 the size that those of the former do. The buds possess a good deal of similarity, but 

 those of E. pulverulenta never exceed three in number, while those of E. Mooreana may 

 have as many as eight. The valves of those of E. Mooreana are more exsert than those 

 of E. pulverulenta, and the fruits are probably rather smaller. The geographical positions 

 of the two species are widely different, and the absence of photographs of the tree and 

 of specimens of bark and timber make it difficult, under the circumstances, to assess 

 the affinities of E. Mooreana. Mr. Fitzgerald had such remarkable success in collecting 

 in the Kimberleys, and describing new forms, that it is to be hoped that this area will 

 be further botanically explored, in order to still further add to our knowledge of the 

 affinities of the Eucalypts and other genera. 



