BY R. T. BAKER. 311 



E. largiflorens is a £: Box-tree," with the usual box bark, and 

 characteristic box timber; but this species has a smooth bark 

 and reddish timber. The two trees are readily distinguished 

 by the settlers. 



This species differs from E. largiflorens (1) in the inflorescence 

 being mostly in terminal panicles ; (2) the shape and venation of 

 the leaves, i.e., the intramarginal veins being only slightly 

 removed from the edge, and the lateral veins being less prominent; 

 (3) the shape and size of the fruits; (-4) timber; (5) oil; and (6) 

 bark. 



The bark and timber are in colour and texture so different that 

 they alone distinguish it from E. largiflorens. 



The name " Coolabah " attached to this and a few other species 

 is evidently a mistake, since the true " Coolabah " is an Ango- 

 pkora (A. melanoxylon, R.T.B.), which occurs at Coolabah, the 

 town of that name on the western railway line. This Eucalypt 

 is at Coolabah also, where it is known as " Gum," and not 

 " Coolabah." 



The meaning of the aboriginal name " Coolabah" — a gnarled, 

 knotted tree— applies eminently more to the Angophora than to 

 E. largiflorens or this species (W. B.). 



By the cortical classification of Eucalypts, it belongs to the 

 Gams or smooth-barked Eucalypts: and dividing these into pale. 

 and red-coloured timbers it falls into the latter division. The 

 fruits are quite distinct from those of any described species. The 

 kino and timber connect it with the Ironbarks, but not the bark, 

 which is entirely different. 



The similarity of bark and timber, and the shape and venation 

 of the leave lead me to place it in sequence next to E. Dawsoni, 

 R.T.B., but the fruits and constituents of the oil differentiate it 

 from " Slaty Gum," E. Dawsoni, and from E. polyanlhema, Schau., 

 although in some features it resembles this latter species, especially 

 the anthers. 



The specific name has reference to the close, interlocked timber. 



