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i. With E. melliodora, A. Cunn. 



Tlie colour and shape of leaves closely resemble those of E. melliodora at a 

 distance, hut the sucker-leaves distinguish them, being long narrow-lanceolar in 

 E. bicolor and oblong-ovate in E. melliodora. The pendulous habit and even the 

 buds help to show the similarity. The sapwood of E. melliodora is yellow, and the 

 timber pale. 



5. With E. erebra, F.v.M. 



The similarity of this species to E. bicolor is sometimes marked, particularly 

 in Queensland specimens. 



With typical erebra the confusion could never arise in the field as it is an 

 Ironbark, but as the tropics are approached Ironbarks lose some of their character- 

 istics and more closely approximate to the Red Boxes such as E. bicolor. 



