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DESCRIPTION. 



CCLXXIK. E. Dalnjmpleana ALiili-n. 



In "' Forest Flora of New South Wales,'" vol. vii. Part IV. 137 (1920). 

 FoLLOWiXG is the original description : — 



White Gum grandissima. eortice soeps maculis claris et lamelli? longis tomiibus socodeilti', ligno 

 cameo. Foliis juvenilibus pallidis cordatis vel orbicularibus vel ovoideis, amplexicaulibus, s.^^silibus 

 vel brevissime petiolatis. Venis pateatibus. recticulatis. Foliis maturis potiolatis, lanceolatis, falcatis 

 rare minus 1 dcm. longis et 2 cm. latis. venis patentibus vena periplieriea a margine distinct3 remota. 

 Inflorescentia axillare, 3 floribus breve pedicellatis craciformibiis. Alabastrorum calycis-tubo cylindroidoo, 

 angulare, operculo conico jequilongo margine commissurat-a distincte. Fructibus truncato-ovoideis, 

 ca. 8 mm. diametro, margine rotundata vel plana, non lata, valvis 3 vel 4 mediocriter es-sertis. 



A large tree, sometimes attaining an enormous size. '" I have seen them -30 feet in girth, with a 

 barrel of almost 100 feet. They are generally 15 or 16 feet in girth: Known locally as ' Mountain Gum ' 

 or ' White Gum.' The trees present a remarkable appearance. During early spring the bark is quite 

 white, but later this changes to a vivid red (sometimes almost vermilion), and the trunks have the app.^arance 

 of being painted in large irregular blotches. Timber pinkish in colour, and dries irregularly. "' (W. .\. W. 

 de Beuzeville.) 



Branchlets angular, juvenile leaves scabrous in the earliest stage, ])ale-coloured, cordate to orbicular 

 or ovoid, stem-clasping, sessile, or with very short petioles, with a short innocuous point; 5 cm. long and 

 5 cm. broad arc average dimensions. Venation spreading, reticulated, the loaf dotted with black spots, 

 scarcely seen with the naked eye. 



Mature leaves petiolate, lanceolate, usually more or less falcate, rarely under 1 dm. long and 2 cm 

 wide, venation spreading, intra-marginal vein distinctly removed from the edge ; black-dotted. 



InBorescenee axillary, petioles flattened, under 1 cm. long, supporting three shortly pedicellate 

 appressed, rarely cruciform, flowers of medium size. The buds with cylindroid calyx-tube, angled, with a 

 conical operculum of equal length. Commisural rim marked. Anther small, opening in parallo] slits. 

 Gland at the back. 



Fruits truncate-ovoid, about 8 mm. in diameter, rim rounded or flat-topped, not broad, va!vo« three 

 or four, moderately cxsert. 



Named in honour of Richard Dalrympie Hay. Chief Commis-<ioner of Forest^ of New Sourli Wales, 

 whose name will ever be connected with his arduous endeavours extending over a number of years, to phice 

 the workintr of the forest? of New South Wales on a sound basis. 



