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E. Caleyi Maiden. 

 A t ill uvv. often glaucous, and anally becoming glabrous, but remaining dull- 

 coloured. Called '" Broaddeaved Ironbark " in comparison with narrower-leaved 

 Ironbarks (E. sid^roxylon and E. crebra) and sometimes " Drooping Ironbark." a 

 character it possesses in common with E. crebra. 



E. crebra F.v.M. 

 A tall tree, with drooping branches. Very deeply furrowed, in depth only (if 

 at all) inferior in that respect to E. siderozylon. Timber red. 



E. Ccllexi Cambage. 

 Bark hard, rough, furrowed. A Queensland species. Timber red. 



E. decorticans Bailey. 

 " Naked-top Ironbark " or " Gum Top." This is remarkable because of its 

 deciduous branches. Bark on the butt with flatiish ridges reminiscent of 



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E. side.ophloia. 



E. DREPANOPHYLLA F.V.M. 

 A typical Ironbark. long confused with a Box (E. leptophleba). 



E. MELANOPHLOIA F.V.M. 

 Aii Ironbark, inferior for economic purposes, which often goes under the 



name of Silver-leaved. 



E. paxiculata Sm. 

 An erect tree, Pale or Grey Ironbark, the king of all Ironbarks, because it 

 possesses all the best characteristics of typical Ironbark timber, viz., strength, 

 durability, weight. Bark often pale-coloured, even grey. Furrows often anastomosing. 



E. SIDEROPHLOIA Bentll. 



The ridges the flattest of those of any Ironbark. Examination of the photo 

 of the trunk from Wyong, New South Wales, in Part XXXIX of my " Forest Flora 

 of New South Wales," shows that the bark of this species may be not furrowed, but 

 flaky. Usually, however, it is an indubitable Ironbark. 



E. SIDEROXYLOX A. Cuilll. 



A small, medium-sized, or even tall tree, often gnarled. Dark, the deepest 

 furrowed of the Ironbarks. It often occurs on the Goldfields of Xew South Wales 

 and Victoria. "Mugga." 



E. Staigeriana F.v.M. 



A medium-sized tree, with glaucous, lemon-scented foliage, from which a 

 perfume oil is distilled. It is. however, rather a scarce species. 



Let us now consider the Iionbark-Boxes. 



These are intermediate species connecting the Ironbarks with the Boxes. 



The present seems a natural place to put them in. They have something of 

 the Ironbark character and the Ironbarks readily cross with the Boxes. The subject 

 will be further pursued under Hybridisation in Part LI II, where, amongst other 

 cro3se3, are some striking ones between these two groups of Bucalypts. 



