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Buds and flowers. " Bloodwood." Tinapagce, Wanaaring (P. J. Dalton). 

 Mr. Dalton says of its timber: " Used for fencing posts, house-blocks, rails, flooring- 

 boards, and is good for charcoal. It should be useful for railway sleepers." Wanaaring 

 (H. L. Dale). Glabrous and scurfy. 



Buds, Whittabranah, Tibooburra (W. Baeuerlen). Which brings us near to the 

 north-west angle of the State 



AFFINITIES. 



Bentham himself (B.F1. iii, 199) contrasts this species, E. terminally and 

 E. dichromophloia as follows :— 



Fruit oblong. Operculum depressed, continuous with, the calyx till the moment 



of separation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... E. terminalis. 



Fruit globular or ovoid, contracted at the mouth. Operculum of E. terminalis. 



Flowers large ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... E. pyropliora. 



Fruit nearlv globular, with a short neck. Operculum depressed. (Flowers 



smaller in the other species ?) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... E . dichromophloia. 



1. With E. terminalis F.v.M. 



It will be seen, on reference to the original description of E. pyrophora (p. 320), 

 that E. terminalis is the only species with which it was compared. " Flowers larger 

 than E. terminalis." (Bentham, original description of E. pyrophora). 



In addition, the peduncles and pedicels are thicker and the whole inflorescence 

 more massive and succulent. Although a large-fruited species, E. terminalis fruits 

 never attain the size that those of E. pyrophora do. See the solid woody fruit of fig. 3c, 

 Plate 166, for example. 



2. With E. dichromophloia F.v.M. 



As an example of confusion which has arisen between E. pyrophora var. poly- 

 car-pa (E. polycarpa F.v.M.) and E. dichromophloia, see under E. pyrophora (p. 321). 



Speaking of northern Queensland, Mr. R. H. Cambage writes: "These two species 

 are quite distinct and can be easily distinguished when seen from coach or train. At 

 certain stages of growth the fruits might be confused with those of the Red-barked 

 Bloodwood {E. dichromophloia). Its timber is redder than that of the Red-barked 

 Bloodwood/' 



E. dichromophloia differs from E. pyrophora in the thinner leaves, smaller inflores- 

 cence and thinner, often very much smaller, and more globose urceolate fruits. 

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