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AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. crebra P. v M. 



It resembles this species in the buds, and to some extent in the thin fruit, but 

 the fruits of E. crebra are never so conical. The timber is red, and a good deal like that 

 of E. crebra. The bark, however, is more flaky on the trunk, while the branches are 

 nearly smooth. The juvenile leaves of E. Taylori somewhat resemble those of E. crebra, 

 that is, they are narrow or narrowish, but not as narrow as those of E. crebra. The 

 anthers resemble those of E. crebra. 



The following note concerning the timber of E. Taylori is from Mr. Taylor's 

 pen : — 



" Some years ago I saw two or three logs milled at Messrs. A. and L. Sehwager's Merimborough 

 Sawmill in the Pilliga Scrub. The logs were sawn as Ironbark for bridge-decking, and passed as such. 

 The timber, though generally slightly paler than E. crebra, in some cases cannot be distinguished from 

 that timber by the colour, and almost invariably shows genuine Ironbark characteristics in texture and 

 fissility. Unless warned beforehand, it would be well nigh impossible for an expert in timbers to detect 

 it when mixed with E. crebra.'' 



2. With E. conica Deane and Maiden. 



In buds and fruits it resembles this species, but the fruits oiE. Taylori are thicker 

 and slightly contracted at the top, while the fruits of E. conica are broad at the top, 

 with a very thin sharp rim, with the stamina! ring enclosed. In E. Taylori the 

 staminal ring is flush with the top of the fruit. 'The Box-like bark on the branches 

 exhibits some resemblance to the bark of E. conica, which is a Box. The timber 

 is redder than that of E. conica. There is a slight resemblance between the 

 juvenile leaves of these two species, but the suckers of E. conica are broader 

 than those of E. Taylori. 



3. With E. Beyeri R. T. Baker. 



The affinity to this species is somewhat similar to that of E. crebra in the leaves, 

 buds and fruits, but the timber of E. Beyeri is brownish and the bark is more deeply 

 furrowed and harder than that of E. Taylori. 



4. With E. melliodora A. Cunn. 



Somewhat, in the leaves being inclined to develop the triplinerved venation. 

 Some trees, however, resemble E. melliodora in the bark, which is rather soft .and flaky 

 on the butt. Trees possessing this class of bark, and with their narrow, drooping, 

 somewhat glaucous foliage could very easily be mistaken for E. melliodora. The yellow 

 timber of E. melliodora is very different from that of E. Taylori. 



