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however, by no means constant, as the bark is mostly of an ashen- 

 grey colour, in fact, is red or brown, chiefly for some time only 

 after decortication, when the colours are indeed very striking." 



'•The name 'Green Mallee ' refers to the vivid lustreless green 

 of the leaves, so different from other Eucalypts ; where this 

 species occurs on and around hills it imparts quite a feature to 

 the landscape, especially as the individual trees grow densely 

 massed together. This characteristic is constant, and is the very 

 one by which the species is at once most readily distinguished in 

 the field." 



"The maximum dimensions, as far as seen, are 40 feet in height 

 and 1 foot in diameter. The trunk is almost always hollow, 

 leaving only a few inches of solid wood. Branches, twigs and 

 leaves have rather a stiff upright appearance. The bark is very 

 curious on account of a rich yellow tinge right through the tex- 

 ture, not merely yellow 7 in the inner layer as in some of the 

 Stringybarks. This species must be reckoned amongst the smooth- 

 barked Eucalypts, though a roughish persistent bark runs up 

 sometimes to the height of 6 feet or so." 



"It grows generally around the foot of rocky or stony hills in 

 gravelly not purely sandy soils, sometimes found growing densely 

 over patches several miles in extent." 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 

 Plate xv.— A', vitrea, K.T.B. 

 Fig. 1. — Sucker leaves. 



Fig. 2. — Twig with buds, mature leaves and single fruit. 

 Fig. 3. — Single fruit with narrow convex rim. 

 Fig. 4. — Fruit with countersunk rim. 

 Fig. 5. — Anthers (enlarged). 



Plate xvi.— /•:. Delegatensis, B.T.B. 

 Fig. 1. — Sucker leaf. 

 Fig. 2. — Buds and mature leaves. 

 Fig. 3. — Fruits with truncate rims. 

 Fig. 4. — Fruit with countersunk rim. 

 Fig. 5. — Anthers (enlarged). 



