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E. Jacksoni Maiden. 



' Red Tingle Tingle."' A noble forest tree np to 200 feet high with a long 

 trunk which attains a diameter of 15 feet. Bark fibrous, reddish, thick, of a 

 stringybark character, but somewhat brittle, covering the trunk and branches. 

 Timber rich red, reminding some of E. resin if era. 



E. KlRTONIANA F.V.M. 



A medium-sized tree, with furrowed, fibrous bark or described as a Stringybark, 

 resembling that of E. resinifera. 



E. LEPTOPHLEBA F.V.M. 



A large tree, bark of a dirty grey, rugose, fissured on the trunk and persistent 

 on the branches. It is known in North Queensland as Blackbutt. It is a flaky-barked 

 Box, the rough bark extending to the branchlets. Timber reddish-brown. 



E. LONGICORNIS F.V.M. 



" It is a magnificent tree, and, unlike the other allies of E. oleosa, it carries its 

 rough bark right up to the base of the crown." (C. E. Lane-Poole sending a photograph 

 from "Westonia State Forest.) Timber red and exceptionally tough. 



Mueller originally described it with " a rugose, ash-coloured bark (Rkytiphloise) 

 on the trunk, persistent on the branches." 



E. longifolia Link and Otto. 

 A handsome, large tree. Bark of a dirty grey, brittle, fibrous character, and 

 when thick thought to be of a woolly texture, hence the name Woollybutt. It often 

 resembles box bark a good deal. Sometimes the bark on the branches is deciduous, 

 when it is known as Peppermint. 



E. MARGINATA Sm. 



Bark rough, persistent, fissured-flat. In bark it gave me the impression 

 somewhat of E. resinifera of the eastern States, or. perhaps of the Turpentine 

 {Syncarpia laurifolia). 



The above was written by me standing in front of characteristic trees. At 

 the same time, while noting there were local differences (as is common in most 

 Eucalypts), I could not understand the following official statement by Mr. Simpson 

 of Bunbury : — 



Vabieties of Jake ah. 



Thi • ■ distind va \ botanic mighl nol be willing to admit that this is the case, 



erof large experience rci ri nee be! w< en these varit lie s at a glance. 



The Salmo ; mcindical ittlcd like the king of fish. The wood is straw-coloured (!), 



and freer, from gum-veins than Jarrah usually is. Tim Bmootb straight trunk rises from 



Pi feet Inf. .re branching out, the crown being formed by three or four limbs spreading nut nearly 



opposite 'm'Ii other. This kind yields by far the besl wood for planking, and bends readily in almost any 



may !»• required. 1 have seen a board of this kind of Jarrah 7 in. x I in. ami 30 feet in length Ik nt 



ircle, \>i* light* I ign of breakage. 



■hips' planking or in any position where tenacity is required, that is by far the besl kind of 

 a. I< ig, h.. " i i ful than other t 





