DESCRIPTION. 



CXLL E. maculosa R. T. Baker. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxiv, 598 (1899), with Plate xliv. 

 Following is the original description :— 



A tree rarely exceeding 60 feet in height, usually from 20-40 feet (W.B.)- Bark smooth to the ground. 

 Youili? leaves lanceolate, 2 or 3 inches long, opposite, very narrow. 



Mature leaves narrow, lanceolate, falcate, not shining, same colour on both sides, venation obscure, 

 intramarginal vein close to the edge, lateral veins oblique. Some trees have the leaves quite rigid and 

 erect. 



Peduncles axillary, slender, under G lines long, bearing from 4-16, occasionally 20, sessile or 

 shortly pedicellate flowers. Calyx turbinate, about 1 line long; operculum of equal length, obtuse. 

 Stamens all fertile, short and incurved, the free end appearing pendulous in the bud, as shown in the plate. 



Anthers small, ovoid, opening by longitudinal slits, connective prominent. 



Ovary flat-topped. 



Fruit in the early stage much resembles that of E. hcemastoma, var. micrantlia, and probably this 

 species has been placed in the past under that variety. In the mature stage the fruit is turbinate, and 

 resembles some forms of E. Smithii R.T.B., about 2 lines in diameter, rim domed, valves exserted, obtuse. 



Hal). — Bungendore (W. Bauerlen); Charley's Forest, Braidwood (W. Bauerlen). 



Ir grows in poor open forest ground up to 50 to 60 feet in height, and from 1 to 3 feet in diameter, 

 with a rather dense head. Some trees on the ridges have the appearance in the distance of Pines, hence 

 it is sometimes called :: Pine.*' In a shrubby form it flowers when only 4 or 5 feet high. The bark is of 

 different shades of grey, or bluish or yellow, with spots of about the same size and shape as those of 

 E. metadata Hook., the true " Spotted Gum." The bark is smooth to the ground (W. Bauerlen). 



The following additional notes will be found useful : — 



The juvenile leaves are stated to be very narrow lanceolate, but this is by no 

 means always the case. If one turns to figures 7a and 7b, and also 8a and 8b of 

 Plate 112 we have instances of considerable variation. 



The juvenile leaf may be oblong, ovoid, broadly-lanceolate, and always petiolate. 



The size of the mature leaf varies, though it is frequently narrow-lanceolate; 

 sometimes it is undulate. 



Often we note a short and thick pedicel in this species, but in many cases, e.g., 

 Victorian specimens, the contrary obtains. 



The bud is tapering, but there are various stages from this to a hemispherical 

 operculum. 



There is not much variation in the shape of the fruit; there is a little in 

 regard to size. 



The term " Spotted Gum " appears characteristic enough in many places, but it 

 is called " White Gum," " Bastard White Gum/' " Cabbage Gum," and even other 

 names. 



