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RANGE. 



Summit of Mount Buffalo, Victoria, near the Government Chalet, growing in 

 siliceous granite formation at 4,400 feet above sea-level, and known as Willow Gum. 

 The species flowers in December. 



So far as we know, it is confined, to Victoria, but it is hardly reasonable to 

 suppose that it will not be found on the adjacent high mountains (e.g., Mount 

 Kosciusko) in New South Wales, and also in other elevated situations in Victoria. 



AFFINITIES. 



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



From this it differs somewhat in its leaf venation, for the prominent, almost 

 parallel veins of E. vitrea are not represented in this new species. The pedicellate 

 hemispherical fruits of E. vitrea are also different; the operculum of that species is 

 shorter and more obtuse, while the peduncle is very much larger. The bark of the 

 new species is smooth and white, that of E. vitrea being fibrous over the greater part 

 of the trunk. 



2. With E. nitida Hook. f. 



From this it differs in its more globular fruits, pointed instead of obtuse buds, and 

 is an umbrageous tree, while E. nitida is only a tall shrubby plant. 



3. With E. stellulata Sieb. 



It resembles this species in its stellate buds and to some extent in the shape of 

 its fruits, but differs in its leaf venation, colour of bark which is white, while that of 

 E. stellulata is slate-coloured, and in its seedling foliage. 



4. With E. Moorei Maiden and Cambage.' 



Its resemblances and differences are similar to those mentioned in the case of 

 E. stellulata, and in addition E. Moorei only grows as a Mallee-like shrub of about 

 10-12 feet high. 



