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is odorata. The timber of E. leucoxylon is pale, and its bark less rough. The 

 venation of the leaves of E. odorata is more marked than that of E. leucoxylon. 

 The stem-clasping glaucous foliage of E. leucoxylon is quite different. 



. 5. With E. foeeunda, Schauer. 



The affinity of these two species as regards foliage, buds, fruits, and perhaps 

 timber, is undoubted. E. loxophleba , Benth., var. frutic.osa, Benth., J3.F1. iii, 252, 

 is, in my opinion, referable to E. odorata {E. loxophleba is now acknowledged to be 

 a form of E. foeeunda). E. odorata, has not yet been traced to Western Australia, 

 and the relations of the two species require to be more closely studied. 



• 6. With E. Behriana, F.v.M. 



Mueller {Euealt/ptographia) remarks that while E. odorata, could not be 

 easily mistaken for E. Behriana, the former is discrimiual)le by the mainly axillary 

 inflorescence and jiersistent bai'k. E. odorata is usually a fairly large tree, while 

 E. Behriana is a Mallee ; the former is rough-l:)arked, while the latter is smooth. 



Sometimes /'J. (-dorata. is coarse (especially near the sea-coast) and broad- 

 leaved ; this form is a good deal like E. Behriana, but the timber is bi'own, not red 

 as in E. Behriana. 



