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to the E. sdligna that grows here. [The local saligna appears to 

 be of average quality — J.H.M.] I again interviewed one of the 

 saw-millers who is sawing some of it, and was informed b}' him 

 that the White Gum ?vill keep, and he intends to lay in a stock 

 of it. The logs will not crack with the sun like Blue Gum does; 

 altogether it is a tougher timber than Blue Gum, and it becomes 

 pretty hard when it is exposed to the sun for a year or two. It 

 is used for general building purposes, joists, rafters, etc." 



Juvenile foliage. — Nearly cordate to broadly lanceolate (often 

 up to 4 inches long and 2 inches wide while still in the opposite 

 stage); petioles thin, and usually from J to f inch. Texture 

 thin, undulate. Bright green, paler on the underside; oil-dots 

 abundant, the midrib conspicuous (particularly on the underside), 

 the primary veins roughly parallel, and at an angle of about 45° 

 with the midrib; intramarginal vein at some distance from the 

 edge. 



Mature foliage. — Lanceolate leaves with petioles of an inch 



and more; 6 inches and more in length, with a usual breadth at 

 the widest part of 1 to 1 J inches. Of medium texture; oil-dots 



abundant. Midrib very conspicuous (white); penniveined; 



intramarginal vein well removed from the edge. The mature 



leaves resemble those of the well-known E. tereticornis a good 



deal. Twigs often angular. I expect this species will yield a 



good percentage of oil. 



Buds. — Symmetrical in shape, the operculum conical, and the 



calyx of similar size and shape, tapering into the rather short 



pedicel. 



Flowers. — Rather small; usually 3 to 5 in the umbel; anthers 



with parallel cells. 



Fruits. — Hemispherical, barely \ inch in diameter, abruptly 



tapering into a pedicel of the same length. Peduncle of about 



^ inch. Rim narrow and rather sharp, valves well exserted and 



mostly 4 in the specimens seen. 



Affinities. — Its closest affinity would appear to be with E. 



Daanei Maiden. The juvenile foliage of tlie two species is often 



remarkably similar in texture, shape, and apparently many other.. ^, 



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