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AFFINITIES. 



(See Part XXXIX. pp. 274 and 280, eliminating the reputed juvenile leaves of 



Poot.) 



1. With E. melanoxylon Maiden, the "Black Morrel," see Part LVII and 

 Plate 234. 



Both these species are known in Western Australia as Morrel (I do not know 

 its precise application in describing a tree) ; E. melanoxylon has a deep brown (nearly 

 black) timber, while that of E longicomis is reddish, hence " Red Morrel." The 

 juvenile leaves of E. melanoxylon are large and broad, the peduncles are comparatively 

 long and broad, the opercula are much shorter, and the fruits hemispherical rather 

 than globular. 



2. With E. leptophylla F.v.M. 



For this species, see Part LVI, with Plate 229. The juvenile leaves of the two 

 species are somewhat similar in shape, but those of E. leptophylla are not always 

 glaucous ; they are thinner and more lanceolate than those of E. longicomis, while 

 those of E. leptophylla are not perfectly sessile. . The opercula of E. longicomis are 

 longer, the fruits more pilular and with exserted valves. E. longicomis is a fairly large 

 tree, while E. leptophylla is only a shrub. 



