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Affinities. 



1. With E. redunca Schauer. That officers of the Forest 

 Department of Western Australia should, quite indepen- 

 dently, in 1903 and 1918, speak of this as a Wandoo, shows 

 that the general appearance of the tree, its bark and timber, 

 must bear more than a superficial resemblance to the true 

 Wandoo (E. redunca). But comparison of the figures 4 

 and 8, Plate 74 (O.R.), which partly depict E. Lane-Poolei, 

 and Plate 140 which shows E. redunca, shows that the 

 two species are botanically very dissimilar. 



2. Witli E. accedens W, V. Fitzgerald. Mr. Schock, the 

 Collector of the Forest Department of Western Australia, 

 calls E. Lane-Poolei "Powder-bark Wandoo." Both species 

 are White Gums with white powdery barks, and the timbers 

 have some external resemblance. The sylvicultural con- 

 ditions of the two trees require to be worked out. As to 

 the use of the term "Powder-bark," Part xxxiv, p. 101,O.R., 

 may be referred to. If we turn to Plate 142, of the same 

 Part, and compare it with figures 4 and 8 of Plate 74, which 

 in part depict E. Lane-Poolei, it will be seen that the two 

 species have no close botanical affinity. 



3. With E. Oldfleldii F.v.M. The affinity of this species 

 is with E. Oldfleldii F.v.M., which included E. Drummondii 

 Beuth., a species which in Part xvii, O.R., I erroneously 

 followed Mueller in suppressing. I have shown, in Part 

 xli, how these two species differ. The affinity of E. Lane- 

 Poolei is with B. Drummondii rather than with E. Oldfleldii 

 sensu strictu. E. Oldfleldii is a Mallee with fruits in threes, 

 while E. Lane-Poolei is a tree of considerable size, with 

 fruits up to six in the head. The buds and leaves, both 

 juvenile and mature, are very different. 



4. With E. Drummondii Benth. This species, of which 

 but little is known in the field, is described from the York 

 district as "a small tree of about twenty feet, with trunk 



