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Table 4. Subseries Incrassatosae (all measurements in mm). 
E. incrassata 
E. captiosa 
E. angulosa 
E. ceratocorys 
E. capitanea 
Habit 
mallee 
mallee 
mallee 
mallee 
mallee 
Substrate 
noncalcareous 
white sand 
calcareous 
red or white 
red desert 
sands, gravels 
over laterite 
sands coastal 
sand over 
sandy loam 
sands 
Juvenile 
elliptical to 
ovate to 
broad-elliptical 
ovate to broad- 
broad-elliptical 
leaves 
ovate 
lanceolate 
lancelote 
to ovate 
Adult leaves 
broad-lanceolate 
narrow- 
broad- 
broad- 
broad- 
to elliptical 
lanceolate 
elliptical 
lanceolate 
lanceolate 
- size (LxB) 
50-110x9-30 
50-70x8-10 
80-140 x 25-50 70-120 x 10-25 70-130 x 14-45 
Petiole 
terete 
terete 
terete 
terete to 
flattened 
slightly 
flattened 
Petiole (L) 
15-20 
10-20 
15-30 
20-25 
14-30 
Peduncle 
flattened 
slightly 
flattened, 
flattened 
flattened 
flattened 
broad 
Peduncle (L) 
10-28 
8-20 
to 20 
10-25 
18-27 
Pedicel 
terete to slightly 
slightly 
terete 
terete, 
terete 
quadrangular 
flattened 
to quadrangular winged 
Pedicel (L) 
15-23 
5-8 
3-5 
5-8 
2-6 
Buds - size 
(LxB) 
12-16x4-7 
10-12x4 
11-17x7-9 
9-11 x 6-7 
9-22 x 6-9 
- calyptra 
beaked, ribbed 
strongly 
conical, 
beaked, 
conical, 
beaked 
not beaked 
not ribbed 
beaked 
- hypanthium 
slightly ribbed 
slightly ribbed 
coarsely ribbed 
ribbed 
strongly ribbed 
Fruits 
cupular 
cupular 
cupular 
suburceolate 
urceolate 
to cylindrical 
to cylindrical 
- size (LxB) 
8-13x7-13 
6-10x8-10 
15-25x15-25 
17-25x10-15 
16-22x12-15 
- ribbing 
slight 
slight 
strong 
slight 
distinct 
Valves 
to rim level 
to rim level 
below rim 
deeply 
deeply 
enclosed 
enclosed 
Seeds 
black 
grey-black 
black 
black 
dark grey-brown 
to black 
not winged 
prominent 
wing 
not winged 
narrow wing 
narrow wing 
