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CXI III. E. miniata A. Cunn. 



See Part XXII, p. 37, of the present work, where juvenile leaves collected by Mr. 

 R. H. Cambage at Croydon, North Queensland, were described but not figured. 



Juvenile leaves collected by Gerald F. Hill at Stapleton, south of Darwin, 

 Northern Territory, are now figured. Following are some additional notes in regard 

 to specimens collected by Mr. Hill : — 



" 809. 8-mile Spring, on to Tanumbirini, 26th March, 1912. Occurs near creeks 

 and springs. Stem like Bloodwood. 



'•' 552. Top Spring. On Sandstone Range. This specimen, with one loose 

 flower only, is probably this species. 



"Pine Creek Railway, Brock's Creek (E. J. Dimn). 



" 'Woolly Butt.' 'I find that E. miniata grows on the deeper loams, while 

 E. phceiiicea takes its place on the more barren dry parts.' On granite country between 

 Cullen River and Wandi. (Dr. Jensen.) 



" Juvenile leaves of this species collected by Mr. R. H. Cambage at Croydon, 

 North Queensland, with abundant stellate hairs, have been already described in Grit. 

 Rev. Eucal. iii, 37. 



" I have already figured juvenile leaves of this species at fig. 3a, Plate 95 of my 

 Critical Revision, but Mr. HUl's specimens (below) are more satisfactory. 



" I have received juvenile leaves, some in a strictly opposed state, from Darwin, 

 collected in July, 1916. (G. F. Hill.) They vary from oval and ovate to nearly 

 circular. 



" Sometimes they are slightly emarginate, with a not very prominent mucro. 

 A not uncommon size is 9 cm. (about 3| inches) long by up to 7-5 cm. (3 inches), with 

 a petiole 1 cm. long. 



" As a general rule the intramarginal vein is not far removed from the edge, but 

 there is some variation in this respect." (Maiden in Ewart and Davies' " Flora of the 

 Northern Territory," p. 312, 1917.) 



" E. miniata was observed at various points between Almaden and Normanton on siliceous soils, 

 and is usually known as Woollybutt, although that name is also given to E. daniqera. It is sometimes 

 spoken of as " Tobacco Pipe Gum," from the resemblance of the large ribbed fruits to the bowl of a pipe, 

 and is the " Melaleuca Gum " of Leichhardt. The lower portion of the trunk is covered with a remarkable 

 yellow, scaly to papery bark, and the branches are smooth (Plate LIX, C.R.)" (R. H. Cambage in Journ. 

 Roy. Soc. N.S.W., xlis, 425, 1915.) 



" A tree of 50-100 feet high, trunk to 40 feet, diameter to 3 feet; bark greyish 

 to reddish, woolly-fibrous, rough and persistent on the lower half of the trunk sometimes 

 covering the whole of it ; limbs always white and smooth ; timber red, very rough, hard ; 

 flowers at a height of 2 feet; an inhabitant of poor sandy soil." (Fitzgerald MSS.) 

 The above notes refer to the tree as it occurs in north West Australia. (Quoted by 

 Maiden in Joum. Roy. Soc. N.S.W., li, 454, 1917.) 



" E. miniata is very abundant between the Gilbert and Little Rivers towards 

 Croydon, North Queensland." (Dr. H. L Jensen, in a letter to me, June, 1920.) 



