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E. conica Deane and Maiden. 

 A tree of medium size, say 40-60 feet, with a fuzzy bark almost to the tips of the 

 limbs, but the covering of the rough bark varies in amount. Timber pale brown. 



E. decipiens Endl. 

 A " Swamp " or " Flooded Gum." The Fremantle tree (the type), attaining 

 30-50 feet, but usually much less, the branches spreading or almost pendulous, and 

 very much like E. gomphocephala DC. in appearance. Bark thick, persistent and 

 rough, of an ash-grey colour, the bark of the upper portions sometimes smooth. 



The southern form varies from a shrub to a small or large tree, but on the banks 

 of creeks or rivers it attains the height of 60-70 feet, with a diameter of 3 feet, but is 

 never an erect tree. The bark is fuzzy-fibrous, the outer layers softish, flaky and 

 furrowed, very much like that of E. Stuartiana. 



E. el^ophora F.v.M. 

 A medium or large tree. A Box, the rough bark as that of an Ironbark in old 

 trees. Persistent rugose bark, dirty ash-grey. . 



Rough scaly bark, persistent on stem and branches is another description. 



E. GOMPHOCEPHALA DC. 



The bark is sub-fibrous (matted), reminding one of the "Box" trees (Hemiphloiae) 

 of eastern Australia, except that the branches are not smooth, and therefore have no 

 ribbons. The superficial resemblance is perhaps closer to E. Stuartiana, the Apple-tree 

 of eastern Australia. 



E. microcorys F.v.M. 



Bark fibrous, flat-furrowed, reminding one of a Turpentine (Syncarpia laurifolia), 

 or a Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata), but paler. It can be further described as sub- 

 fibrous, of loose and even woolly texture. In colour it is of a sort of brick or rusty 

 red, and is persistent even to the smallest branches. It is often of a corrugated 

 apppearance, particularly in old trees. 



E. Munduongensis Maiden. 

 A tall tree of 80-100 feet, 5 feet in diameter. Fine adherent bark at base, top 

 clean. Hard flaky, breaking off in long woody strips. Bark of smaller branches 

 smooth. It is reminiscent of E. gomphocephala, the Tuart. 



E. notabilis Maiden. 

 A tree of medium size, with dark umbrageous foliage. Bark flaky-stringy or 

 fibrous-flaky in young trees. It is rough to the tips of the branches. Timber pale- 

 coloured, of the palest brown when freshly cut, fissile. 



E. nova-anglica Deane and Maiden. 

 A tree of medium size, much branched. It is a Peppermint with rough bark, 

 fibrous to scaly or flaky, branches smooth. 

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