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DESCRIPTION. 



CXXIV. E. phoenicea F.v.M. 



In Junrn. Linn. Soc., iii, 91 (1859). 



Then described by Bcntham in 13. Fl. iii, 251, and figured and described by Mueller 

 in " Eucalyptograpbia." 



It is a middle sized or small tree, tbe bark persistent or tardily falling off 

 from tbe upper brandies, and readily separable in flakes (Bentham, following 

 Mueller). 



Tbe filaments are orange to scarlet, and bence it is a gorgeous species for 

 tropical cultivation. Tbe ovary is two-celled, usually a remarkable occurrence in 

 tbe genus, but I have occasionally seen it three-celled. The drawing of the fruit in 

 the " Eucalyptograpbia " does not show the longitudinal ribs. 



It is called " Ngainggar " by the Koko-Yimidir aborigines (Endeavour 

 River, &c, district). See W. E. Roth's Bulletin No. 2 of North Queensland 

 Ethnography (1901). 



RANGE. 



The type was collected by Mueller on the sandstone tableland on the Victoria 

 and Upper Roper Rivers, Northern Territory. 



So far as our knowledge goes at present, it is rare. I have only seen the 

 specimens collected by Mueller, and also G. E. Hill's No. S03, from sandstone 

 country near Tannmbirini, Northern Territory. 



Mueller (" Eucalyptograpbia ") gives the range " On the sandstone tableland 

 and also on sandy ridges from the Victoria River and its vicinity to Carpentaria, far 

 eastward round the Gulf, often accompanied by E. minia/a." 



In his Second Census he does not record it from Queensland. Bailey 

 (Queensland Flora, 631) admits it on the dubious evidence of "a log arid some 

 fragmentary specimens from the Gulf Country, which I considered probably a form 

 of the above species, with whitish flowers." 



On the other hand, Dr. Roth says the North Queensland aborigines gave it a 

 name, which he quotes. 



