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section, with pointed operculum, and the pedicels are long, so that 

 the flowers and fruits form loose heads. 



Vprnacular names. — It is usually known as " String3'bark " 

 merely, l)ut by compai'ison with E. eugenioides as " Red Stringy- 

 bark." According to Howitt, it is known as "Mountain Stringv- 

 bark ' in Gippsland, a name to which in this colony the other 

 Stringy barks have also some claim. E. macrorrhyiicha, however, 

 appears to be quite absent from the coast districts. 



Seedling or sticker leaves. — The remarks made under ^. capitellata 

 apply equally to this species. 



Mature leaves.- — These are coriaceous and much resemljle those 

 of E. capitellata. 



Buds. — These are strongly pedicellate, and the ed2;e of the 

 cah'x tube forms a prominent ring, while the operculum is 

 acuminate and often lengthened out into a point. In the matter 

 of .shape one cannot help likening them to those of E. rostrata, 

 which, however, are ver}- small in comparison. 



Fruits. — These vary somewhat in shape and size, but owino- to 

 the long pedicels, the prominent edge to the rim, and the domed 

 top, thev can always be recognised. A particularly large-fruited 

 form has been collected Ijy Mr R. T. Baker in the Rylstone 

 district, where trees with fruits of ordinary size are also found. 

 The remark about the buds as to their resemblance in shape to 

 those of E. rostrata applies here also. 



Timber. — This seems in every respect to resemble that of E. 

 cajntellata. 



Range. — In Gippsland this is essentially a ftiountain species 

 and Mr. Howitt has not seen it growing at a lower elevation than 

 200 feet. In this colony it is found along the Dividing Ran^e 

 and Table Land from New England in the north. We have it 

 from Mt. Wilson, from Yass, and from near Delegate. It grows 

 down the western slopes and on the spurs of the main range and 

 on the isolated ranges some distance into the interior. The most 

 westerh- localities actually recorded are Mudgee and Grenfell. 



