586 ON TWO UNRECORDED MYRTACEOUS PLANTS FIJOM N.S.W., 



cross between " Silver-Top Stringybark," E. Ireropinea, and 

 " Sally," B. stelhdata. A few trees are to be found on a rough, 

 rocky basalt hillock, about half a mile south of Black Mountain 

 railway station. 



It is a small tree, 35 feet high, and 1 foot in diameter, as far 

 as seen. The fibrous bark covers the trunk, and decorticates in 

 long strips from the main branches, which are otherwise smooth, 

 but darker than in E. stellulata. The timber is yellowish-brown, 

 and tough to cut, hut brittle. 



The small stellate clusters of buds are larger than those of E. 

 stellulata, but the colour of the upper branches, though fainter, 

 is also suggestive of that species. The leaves are more inclined 

 to lanceolate than ovate in shape, as obtains in E. stellulata, 

 whilst tlie venation is distinct. The midrib is stronger, and the 

 venation not so parallel as in E. stellulata. The bark, timber, 

 and especially the fruits are also different. The venation seems 

 to be intermediate between that of the tyjiical Stringybarks and 

 the Peppermint group, but more approaching that of E. dives. 

 One or two trees were noticed in another locality, associated with 

 E. stellulata, from which it is easily distinguished in the field. 

 The venation somewhat resembles that of E. coriacea, but the 

 fruits are different, and especially the buds and bark. 



The fruits fairly well match those of E. capitellata, but this is 

 the only resemblance to that species amongst Stringybarks. 



In a botanical sequence, it might be placed between the 

 Stringybarks and the Gums or Smoothbarks, such as E. stellulata 

 or E. coriacea. 



Timber.— From the specimens seen, this is not a good timber. 

 It is fairly close-grained, of a pale colour, but the presence of 

 gum-veins will militate against its general utilisation by the 

 commercial world. 



Oil. Mr. H. G. Smith, F.C.S., reports as follows on this 

 economic : — The material was collected at Black Mountain, New 

 England District, August, 1907. The oil distilled from the leaves 

 and branchlets, in the ordinary way, was equal to 0-368 per cent. 

 The crude oil was dark-coloured, but could be easily cleared to an 

 olive-brown tint. The oil of this species contains a rather large 



