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E. Normantonensis Maiden and Cambage. 

 Box. Colour unknown. 



E. pruinosa Schau. 

 Believed to be hard. 



3. RED HARDWOODS. 



All the timbers in this group are red, sometimes deep red, and, probably when 

 over-mature, more or less brown. They are all durable. It is very difficult to sub- 

 divide them, but I have submitted a classification. 



A. Red Gums — 



E. amplifolia Naudin. E. rostrata Schlecht. 



E. Bancrofti Maiden. E. Seeana Maiden. 



E. Blakelyi Maiden. E. squamosa Deane and Maiden. 



E. dealbata A. Cunn. E. tereticornis 'Sm. 



E. Parramattensis C. Hall. 



Most of these, viz., amplifolia, Bancrofti, Blakelyi, dealbata, Parramattensis, 

 rostrata, Seeana, tereticornis, cluster round E. rostrata, the Murray Red Gum, as a type. 

 They are deep red in colour, inclined to shell from presence of gum-veins when growing 

 in uncongenial surroundings, but at their best, hard, interlocked, and durable. 



E. amplifolia Naudin. 

 Red, interlocked; inferior. 



E. Bancrofti Maiden. 

 Dark reddish brown, an inferior timber, so far as I have seen it. 



E. Blakelyi Maiden. 

 Red, interlocked. 



E. dealbata Maiden. 



Timber red and tough, often faulty; the trees usually gnarled. 



E. Parramattensis C. Hall. 

 Red of varying depth of tint, " soft, seasons badly " ; " soft and ringy," " Centre 

 wood red." This is either a disappearing species, or perhaps a form of E. Seeana. 



E. rostrata Schlecht. 

 River Red Gum. Deep red, interlocked. 



E. Seeana Maiden. 

 Deep red, tough, durable. 



E. squamosa Deane and Maiden. 



This seems to be a disappearing species ; at all events, it is only known as a small, 



somewhat gnarled tree. 



E. tereticornis Sm. 



Forest Red Gum. Red, interlocked. 



