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AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. redunea Scliauer. 



Mr. Fitzgerald omitted an important character of his species, viz., the white 

 powder of the bark, which is perpetuated in the name " Powder-bark " or " Powder- 

 bark Wandoo." Mueller included the present species under E. redunea and the 

 references, 



(a) Fragm. xi, 15 " Cortex laevis, tactu extus albescit." (Bark smooth, ex- 

 ternally whitish to the touch). 



(b) . . " bark, which on friction imparts a white colour, and is not shining." 

 (Mueller, " Forest Resources of W.A.," p. 7). 



(c) " Bark . . . remarkable from the white coloration which it gives off 

 from its surface on friction." (" Eucalyptographia," under E. redunea). 



All refer to E. accedens. 



The new plant differs from E. redunea Scliauer, in tlie bark, the not flattened fewer-flowered 

 peduncles, broader calyx-tube, the short semi-globular lid, and in the fruits. (Original description). 



Mueller, indeed, thought it to be a variety of E. redunea : — 



On the suranvt of Mount Bakewell the author obtained what appears to be a large flowered variety 

 (of E. redunea) with blunt and proportionately short lid." (" Eucalyptographia," under E. redunea). 



I asked Mr. Sargent, who knows Mt. Bakewell so well, to contrast the two 

 species, and this is what he said. 



'"' I can never feel quite sure whether a tree is E. redunea or E. accedens without 

 careful examination. Colour of bark, spottiness and general habit are closely alike. 

 I think the bark of accedens is more opaque or less shiny than that of redunea, and 

 on close examination the thick layer of white powder on the surface of the bark of the 

 former is very characteristic. It rubs off on the slightest touch." (0. H. Sargent). 



The timber dries deep reddish brown. ' It is not considered nearly as good 

 as that of the true White Gum or Wandoo, although it is like it in appearance. True 

 Wandoo (E. redunea) is almost impervious to white ants or termites, whereas Powder- 

 bark timber is frequently attacked by these insects. The base of the trunk commonly 

 swells, and forms another characteristic of this tree. (The true Wandoo swells out 

 like this also. JJLM.). 



' The bloom differs also from the White Gum, as also does the blossoming 

 period. Powder-bark blooms about the same time as Red Gum, E. calophylla, that 

 is, from February to April, being in full bloom in March, and it produces about the 

 best honey of all the (W.A.) gum trees. The buds form 10 to 12 months before blooming, 



