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2. With E. bieolor A. Cunn. (E. largiflorens F.v.M.)- 



Mr. Baker states the differences as — 



" (1) In the inflorescence being mostly in terminal panicles; (2) the shape and 

 venation of the leaves, i.e., the intramarginal veins being only slightly removed from 

 the edge, and the lateral veins being less prominent; (3) the shape and size of the fruits; 

 (4) timber; (5) oil; and (6) bark. 



\ The bark and timber are in colour and texture so different that they alone 

 distinguish it from E. largiflorens" (Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., Vol. XXV, 311 (1900). 



Undoubtedly herbarium specimens of the two species may be much alike 

 (Mueller often confused them), but the two trees are very different, E. bieolor having 

 a more or less fibrous bark, a pendulous habit, with narrower leaves and a browner 

 timber. In E. intertexta there is an absence of the intramarginal vein, which is present 

 in E. bieolor. 



3. With E. Dawsoni B. T. Baker and E. polyanthemos Schauer. 



Mr. Baker's remarks are, " The similarity of bark and timber, and the shape and 

 venation of the leaves, lead me to place it in sequence next to E. Dawsoni, E.T.B., 

 but the fruits and constituents of the oil differentiate it from ' Slaty Gum,' E. Dawsoni, 

 and from E. polyanthemos Schau., although in some features it resembles this latter 

 species, especially the anthers." 



The anthers sharply separate E. Dawsoni and E. -polyanthemos from E. intertexta, 

 and probably so also do the juvenile leaves. 



4. With E. accedens W. V. Fitzgerald. 



The two species are certainly allied in habit, in bark, timber, and shape of fruit. 

 Compare Plates 141 and 142 (Part XXXIV). The principal difference between them 

 lies in coarse juvenile foliage of E. accedens. It is often the case that, in comparing 

 one species with another, the deficiency of material compels us to compare the same 

 organ in two or more species in varying degrees of maturity. 



