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E. ixtertexta 1\. T. Baker. 

 A largo tree, up to 80 feet and 3 feet in diameter. It is sometimes called 

 ' White Gum ": it is always blotched, and sometimes has rough bark up to 20 feet 

 from the ground. The upper part of the trunk and the branches are smooth. 



E. Laxe-Poolei Maiden. 

 A White Gum, attaining a height of from 40 to 50 feet, and from 2-| to 3 feet in 

 diameter. Being of stunted appearance, has a rather short bole and crooked appearance, 

 although some are 20 feet in length and perfectly straight ; the limbs are generally 

 very crooked. The colour of the outside of the trees and branches is whitish in 

 appearance, with a tinge of salmon colour towards the sunny side. There is also a 

 fine white powder on the bark which is easily rubbed off. The bark on some of the 

 trees is of a brownish colour. There is very little deciduous rough bark. Sapwood 

 pale-coloured and thick; timber interlocked and rich reddish-brown. 



E. MICROTHECA F.V.M. 



Although this tree is normally a rough-barked species, I invited attention to 

 a form of it which is a White Gum — a Powder Bark. See Part XI, p. 53, and also 



below, p. 39. 



E. Parramattexsis Hall. 

 A small or medium-sized tree; the bark smooth, whitish, or greyish with 

 deciduous flakes. Timber " pale, pink-coloured," inferior, i.e., brittle and not 

 durable, but it is really red, for it is only pale in saplings. 



E. rostrata Schlecht. 



A large, picturescpie tree, whose bark is mainly smooth, with more or less flaky, 



deciduous bark. It has the great merit, for a tree yielding a valuable timber, of 



flourishing in flooded land. 



E. Seeaxa Maiden. 



A smooth-barked tree of medium or large size, with blotches on the bark. 



E. TERETICORXIS Sill. 



A tall tree with a thick trunk. Smooth bark with deciduous patches or ribbons. 



o. With brown timbers :— 



/•„'. ovhfDphloia F.v.M. 

 E. redunca Schau. 

 E. Thozetiana F.v.M. 



E. OCHROPHLOIA F.V.M. 



A somewhat erect tree of 40-50 feet. Has usually an erect trunk for 

 2 )-30 feet, then it branches obliquely into moderately umbrageous branches. The 

 trunks are up to 3 ft. in. in diameter. It is a Gum, with clean branches, but at the 

 butt of th? tre2 it is very rough scaly, peeling off and very black. Called " Yellow 

 Jacket' - owing to the yellow casl oJ the bark. 



