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6. E. punctata, (DC.) is regarded by Mr. Bentliam as a variety 

 of E. tereticornis, but whilst the former is separated from it by 

 the leathery texture of the bark and the toughness of the wood, 

 the venation of the leaves and the shape of the fruit also show 

 that the species are distinct. In size and habit, the two trees 

 are somewhat alike, whilst, according to Mr. Bentham's artificial 

 system, E, punctata is closely allied to E. resmifera, or the Eed 

 Mahogany, a tree of another section under the cortical system. 

 Baron Mueller (Decade 1.) notices that my Parramatta specimens 

 agree precisely with Heyland's drawing in De CandoUe's Memoire 

 sur lafamille des Myrtacees, pi. 4, and he agrees with me in thinking 

 that it should be restored to the dignity of a species. Amongst 

 woodmen, this tree is called Hickory or Leather Jacket. The 

 wood is exceedingly tough and durable, and, next to Iron Bark, 

 it is one of the most useful kinds for railway sleepers and work 

 underground. In a technical point of view, E. punctata is 

 distinguished from E. tereticornis by the fruit and leaves, the 

 valves of the former being less prominent and the rim narrower, 

 whilst the venation of the latter is much more parallel, and 

 approaching that of E. saligna. This tree does not generally 

 indicate good soil, but when occurring in low swampy places 

 near the coast, the flowers and seed vessels are much larger 

 than those of the ordinary type. The leaves abound in volatile 

 oil, and the wood, which serves the same i)urpose as that of the 

 last species, is also valuable for fii^ewood. There is sometimes 

 some dark, rough, persistent bark on the butt of this tree, but it 

 is never, strickly speaking, hemiphloious. 



7. E. maculata, (Hook.), or " The Spotted Gum," is a fine tree 

 rising to 100 feet and u]d wards, and sometimes 80 or 90 feet 

 without a branch. It grows on poor soil, or on the rocky sides 

 of hills, and as a species is well defined by its double operculum, 

 somewhat urn-shaped fruit, and large fertile seeds, which are 

 black and shining. Baron Mueller has given a splendid figure 

 of E. maculata in his Eiicalyptographia, in which the peculiarities 



