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very closely allied to E. corijmhosa, which was clearly an error, 

 but he also saw its resemblance to the Spotted Grum of New 

 South AVales. I have tried to fix the southern limit of the 

 citriodora variety. Between Maryborough and the Burnett is the 

 first j^lace where the peculiar smell of rose leaves becomes 

 apparent in the open forests. Mr. C. Moore is quoted as having 

 found it in AVide Bay. On the road between Grympie and 

 Maryborough, or about 120 miles north of Brisbane, the spotted 

 variety of E. macidata is very abundant on stony ridges. The 

 spotted character has disappeared somewhat and the trunks of 

 the trees have a uniform reddish hue which is very remarkable. 

 Here too, one notices that the trees exude great quantities of a 

 dark brown resin that ought to be of some commercial value. 

 The strong rose scent in the woods which is indicative of this 

 tree begins about the Burrum E/iver on the overland road between 

 Maryborough and Bundaberg. The tree is however, nowhere 

 abundant and I think places may be found where the two varieties 

 grow side by side on the Burnett. After this the spotted variety 

 disappears and the scented kinds are confined to a few stony spots 

 of the most elevated ridges as one journeys north. The farthest 

 north I have seen it was on the summit of the Slate Eange, 2,100 

 feet above the sea, on Carpentarian waters, in about Lat. 1Q° S. 

 It extends no great distance inland. Fifty miles from the coast 

 is the farthest I remember to have seen it : The wood is 

 esteemed for dray poles, but the Government will not allow it to 

 be used in the telegraph line. In the young state the shoots are 

 often hispid from an abundance of coarse glandular hairs of red 

 colour. This variety has more the odour of balm than of lemon, 

 and hence was described as a different species. This is E. 

 melUslodora, Lindley, of the Plora which was found by Mitchell 

 and described in " Tropical Australia." The appearance for a 

 young Eucalypt is very remarkable. The foliage is short and 

 rough and quite rusty looking, from the glands which become 

 bristly on the small branches. Altogether E. maculata is one of 



