BY THE EEY. J. E. TENISON- WOODS, F.G.S. 333 



It IS a poor tree, seldom 30 feet high, wood of no value, bark 

 very white but always rather thickly spotted with deciduous dark 

 brown scales, covering a spotted or variegated trunk. One 

 peculiarity in the species is that the bark does not split so much 

 longitudinally as transversely, so that there are many segments 

 in every scale which remains on the branches. 



JE. corymbosa^ Sm. This tree which is generally known as the 

 Blood- wood, has been observed by me in all the open forests as 

 far as the waters of the Mitchell, and I have little doubt that it 

 is found round the coasts of Carpentaria. One never sees these 

 gum trees growing in a cluster, they are always scattered. The 

 brilliant red colour of the gum which is like fresh blood is perhaps 

 the origin of the local name. The gum occupies the interstices 

 of the wood to such an extent that the timber can always be 

 distinguished by this peculiarity. 



H. terminalis, E. v. Muell. Very like the Bloodwood in habit 

 but it is never so fine a tree. The bark is more scaly and of a 

 pale red color and the trees cluster together more. It is, as the 

 bushmen call it, more " patchy." Sometimes you may journey 

 for a day or so without seeing it, and then you may have it in sight 

 all round for many miles. It has a very wide range ; I think I first 

 noticed it on the edges of "Brigalow scrubs" near the Comet 

 Hiver, north of that I think I have seen it in places all through 

 Eastern Australia. The natives about the Dawson call it " a- 

 rang-mill." The wood would be of some value were it not always 

 so small. 



_£'. tesselaris, F. v. Muell. This is the Moreton Bay Ash of the 

 colonists. To look at the species it is certainly a graceful 

 ornament to the forest scenery. It grows tall and straight with 

 graceful, pendulous, bright green leaves. The stem for about 

 half-way up the trunk has a rough scaly bark, which splits into 

 small squares like tesselated or mosaic work. Above this the 

 tree is smooth with grey or green bark. This half-barked 



