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Following are the proposed species : — 



E. grandifolia R.Br. 



E. papuana F.v.M. 



E. Spenceriana Maiden. 



E. tesseUaris F.v.M. 



E. ToreUiana F.v.M. 



The above have affinities to the Angophoroidea?, with the exception of 

 E. ToreUiana, which is closer to the Corymbose, and especially to E. maculata. The 

 timbers seem all to be brown or brownish. 



This section seems to have bark-affinity with E. rudis, E. gomphoeephala, E. Hillii, 

 and perhaps others. Perhaps E. papuana connects with E. alba and E. Rarcretiana. 



E. GRANDIFOLIA E.Br. 



A small tree, with the outer bark brown and deciduous, the inner whitish and 

 very smooth (R.Br.). 



That it is usually known as " Moreton Bay Ash " indicates that its bark resembles 

 that of E. tesseUaris. ' Timber very inferior '" — probably pale-coloured. 



E. PAPUANA F.v.M. 

 A medium-sized tree, the largest ones being about 50 feet high and 1 foot in 

 diameter in Northern Queensland (Dr. T. L. Bancroft). It is known as " Cabbage Gum." 

 The bark is white or greyish, and there is no rough bark as in E. tesseUaris. Mueller 

 puts the species in the Leiophloia?. 



On the other hand, the North-west Australian tree is stated to have the rough 

 bark " persistent and tessellated for a short distance up from the butt, and thence 

 white and smooth, but oftener smooth and white almost to the ground." (Part 

 XXXVII, p. 194.) This means, probably, that the species has exceptionally a little 

 sllated bark like E. tesseUaris. At all events this shows that the line between the 

 Leiophloia? and its sub-group Tessellatce must be very cautiously drawn. 



Timber dark brown. 



E. Spenceriana Maiden. 



A tree of moderate height, say 50 feet, with a trunk diameter of 2-3 feet. Bark 

 more or less rugged and flaky, particularly near the butt, such flakes being lenticular, 

 thin ami dry. This rough bark extends to a variable extent over the trunk and larger 

 branches. Timber dark reddish brown. 



E. tessellaris F.v.M. 

 Bark totally persistent on the lower part of the stem only, thin, dark-coloured, 

 and by longitudinal and transverse fissures broken up into small angular masses; hence 

 the specific same; the rest of the stem and branches ashy grey and smooth, rarely 

 the whole stem so to the base, according to Mueller. 



