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AFFINITY. 



1. With E. botryoides Sin. Already dealt with. 



Variety. 

 VsLT.pallidivalvis Baker and Smith, " Research on the Eucalypts," p. 32 (1902). 

 Following is the original description : — 



The herbarium material of this tree is altogether muck coarser than that of the type. 



The leaves are large and broad, and generally dry a fresh, gtcea colour, with a whiteness near the 

 midrib, and a pale under-surface. Branchlets angled. Pcdunc'es flatteneJ, about 6 lines long, bearing 

 generally over six flower?, pedicel 4 lines long. Calyx 2 lines in diameter, tapering into the pedicel. 

 Operculum hemispherical, acuminate. 



Fruit uniformly pear-shaped, on a .short, thick pedicel, or sessile, glaucous, about 3 lines in diameter, 

 sometimes angled, rim thin, capsule sunk : valves exserted, obtuse, white. 



Habitat. — Narara, Murwillumbah, Booral, Gosford, Bulahdelah, Tumbulgum, Barber's Creek, 

 Lismore, New South Wales. 



"Flooded Gum" is often called "Blue Gum" by experienced people, while 

 normal E. saligna is often more or less glaucous. The fruits have often a slightly 

 urceolate shape, and sharp, inflcxed valve-tips. As a rule, though not invariably 

 so, the buds and fruits are slightly larger than those of the normal form. 



SYNONYMS. 



1. E. grandis Hill. 



2. I rec3ivcd specimens of it from the distinguished French firm Vilmorin, 



Andrieux & Co., of Paris, some years ago under the name E , but as I 



cannot trace the nam;; in literature, I do not publish it. The specimens were quite 

 normal. It is also cultivated in Algeria and Java. 



1. Following is Mr. Walter Hill's imperfect description of his E. grandis in 

 the "Catalogue of the Timbers of Queensland" prepared foi the London Inter- 

 national Exhibition of 1SG2 : — 



E Bill, Myrtaceae, Flooded Gum. (Diameter) -10-60 (inches), (height) 90-140 



A majestic tree, inhabiting the rich alluvial Bats upon the banks *>f rivers, and in such Las a pillar- 

 like trunk, clear of branches for three-fourths of its entire height. The timber is in high repute for 

 gth, lightness (it floats in water when dry), and durability . an 1 c in l e had in great quantities. 



Sec a 1 so : — 



Bloodi I Gum (Eucalypt name "Toolur." I in bush on basalt, or on the 



eJges of scrubs. It basa white bark which peels off right down i<> the ground. It grows to a grcal 

 height, and i- the lightest "f all th ■ gums here ib ml (South Queensland), floating in wain- soon after being 



'"*■ I' cut by saw, bat shrinks very much in drying. It U used for weatherl <!-, and u e- 



timea for making pari of draya and carts. Also used I and plank of ve icls. (W. 



Petl P 1877 [1 78].) 



Mr. Pettigrew acknowledges his indebteduesss to Mr. Walter Hill, who was 

 t'icn Director of the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane. 



