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AFFINITIES. 



1. TVith E. leucoxylon, F.v.M. 



This is the species with which E. sideroxylon may readily be confused, but I 

 think the remarks offered, at p. 82 and Plates 55 and 56 will render confusion not so 

 easy. E. sideroxylon is often glaucous, though not so commonly as E. leucoxylon. 



2. With E. melliodora, A. Cunn. 



Large flowering and fruiting specimens of E. melliodora may, from herbarium 

 specimens only, be sometimes confused with small flowering specimens of E. 

 sideroxylon. Both also are drooping trees, but the bark and timber are totally different. 



It is an Ironbark, and therefore may be confused with other ironbarks, but 

 the following table will readily separate them. 





White or She Ironbark 



Narrow-leaved Ironbark 



Broad-leaved Ironbark 



Red Ironbark 



Colour (darkens 



(paniculata). 



(crebra). 



(siderophloia). 



(sideroxylon). 



Very pale ; pink 



Medium red. 



Medium. A little 



Very dark. 



with age). 



when fresh. 





darker than pre- 

 ceding. 





Bark 



Often pale-coloured, 



Very deeply fur- 



Often of a- flaky 



Dark ; deepest fur- 





even grey. Furrows 



rowed, inferior in 



character. 



rowed. 





often anastomosing. 



depth only (if at 

 all) to sideroxylon. 







Leaves ... 



Narrow and medium 



Very narrow. 



Very broad. 



Medium; foliage often 

 sparse. 



Flowers... 



White. 



White. 



White. 



Crimson; sometimes 

 creamy. 



Fruits _ 



Small. 



Very small. 



Bather large. 



Large. 



