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Habitat: Open and scrubby (not alluvial) forests, north coast 

 districts. 



E. SALIGNA. 



Floiuer buds : Somewhat resembling E. viminalis, but the calyx 

 more attenuate and flattened. 



Flowers: Blossoms about April. Upper Gloucester (Rudder). 



Fruits : Fruits larger. Rim thinner. Valves set deeper in 

 calyx tube. Peduncles usually longer, broader and flatter. Pedi- 

 cels broader and flatter and sometimes almost absent. 



Leaves : " Lateral veins quite numerous, subtle and almost 

 transversely spreading, the two longitudinal veins only slightly 

 or hardly removed from the edge" (F.v.M.) 



Bark : (Blue or Flooded Gum of N.S.W.) Varies a good deal 

 in diflferent districts in the extent to which the fibrous bark 

 extends up the stem, i.e., from a foot or two to perhaps 40 or 50 

 feet. Following is a description of the bark in the districts in 

 which Grey Gum also occurs : — Bark usually almost milk-white, 

 or a very pale bluish-grey, and quite smooth, except on the butt, 

 where it is dark brown, rough and persistent. 



Timber : Pale red, not specially lasting. 



Habitat : Near streams, and generally on alluvial and moist 

 land, coast district and Dividing Range. 



E. VIMINALIS. 



Flower buds : No observations. 



Floivers : No observations. 



Fruits : In threes. 



Leaves : " Lateral veins rather subtle, crowded, pinnately 

 spreading, the circumferential vein rather removed from the edge 

 of the leaf" (F.v.M.). 



Bark : (Manna Gum ; White Gum.) Deciduous. 



Timber : A very inferior timber, liable to gum veins, and very 

 perishable. 



Habitat : No observations. 



