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E. glohulusj is so well adapted for counteracting the effects of 

 malaria, or for absorbing the superfluous moisture in low grounds. 

 E. roiusta occurs in moist places, here and there, from Manly- 

 Beach to the Blue Mountains, though not extending into the 

 interior, nor. as it appears from Baron Mueller's Fragme7ita (Vol. 

 II., p. 44) to the colony of Victoria. Its exact limits, however, 

 remain to be defined. 



4. E. resinifera (Smith). The specific name was originally 

 applied to the '' Broad-leaved or White Iron Bark" fE. sidero- 

 phloiaj, because that species is the most noted for its abundance 

 of kino. By the arrangement of Mr. Bentham in the Flora 

 Australiensis and the concurrence of Baron Mueller in his 

 EuGalyptogrcqjhia, the term resinifera is restricted to the Eed or 

 Forest Mahogany. This tree rises in favourable situations to 

 150 feet with a prox^ortionate diameter, and although well known 

 to practical men by its bark and wood, the flowers and fruit are 

 very similar to some forms of E. sideropMoia SiU.diE. punctata. The 

 wood is extensively used for fencing, beams, rafters, and ship- 

 building, and is regarded as being very strong and durable. In 

 the neighbourhood of Parramatta, the flowers and fruit are 

 comparatively small, but, on the Blue Mountains near Springwood 

 and also in the Manly Swamps, they are much larger, Mr. 

 Bentham regards the latter as variety grandijlora, though some- 

 what doubtfully, as he says it is very near E. pellita, and possibly 

 referable to it. Baron Mueller's figure of E. resinifera gives a 

 very good idea of the species generally, but the fruit of the 

 Mountain variety is not only larger, but the valves are not so 

 much exserted, and it wants the broadish outer ring around its 

 orifice. This is the fourth of the trees popularly termed 

 Mahoganies, though it may be remarked in passing that none of 

 them bear any resemblance to the West Indian Mahogany. 

 Whilst highly useful for the purposes indicated, they are not 

 valued for fuel. E, microcorys^ the Forest Mahogany of the 



