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SYNONYMS. 



1. E. hcemastoma Sm. var. micrantha Benth. in B.F1. Ill, 212. Mueller followed 

 Bentham, and I took the same view in Part X, p. 319. I am now fully convinced 

 that the original name of E. micrantha DC. should be revived. 



2. E. signata F.v.M. See Part X, p. 319, of the present work. 



RANGE. 



E. micrantha is much more widely distributed than E. hmnastoma. See Part X, 

 p. 321, where all the Queensland localities and those north of Kempsey belong to 

 E. micrantha. Specific localities will be indicated presently, and, speaking generally, 

 it may be stated that it occurs in coastal localities from near the Victorian border to 

 Rockhampton, Queensland, and, speaking of New South Wales, freely on the 

 Hawkesbury sandstone (though noi: confined to it) and the southern tableland, and 

 north-west to the Castlereagh River. 



New South Wales. 



Southern Localities. — See Cambewarra, Nowra, Bankstown, and Cabramatta. 

 Appin, Picton to Bargo, Wingello, Barber's Creek, Goulburn, Bungendore, Queanbeyan, 

 Adelong, Cooma, all noted at Part X, p. 321. 



" Brittle Gum." Timber largely used for fencing posts. It is very durable 

 in the ground, very fissile, and very easily broken across section. Parish Carwoola, 

 Co. Murray, Cooma district (Forester G. Boyd). He adds, " Common on the 

 Southern tablelands"; Hills near Gooradigby and Burrinjuck, Yass district (Rev. 

 J. W. Dwyer, No. 4); Mt. Stromlo, Federal Territory (C. T. Weston, No. 10); bark 

 in appearance like E. rubida, Hospital Ridge, Canberra (C. T. Weston, Nos. 23 and 24) ; 

 " Persistent bark near the ground, say for 3 or 4 feet, the remainder of the trunk and 

 branches peel annually. The tree is dense in habit, after the form of E. Baueriana," 

 Hospital Ridge, Canberra (C. T. Weston, No. 25); Brittle Gum, mostly 20-30 feet, 

 high. Stems smooth. Chiefly along the water-course in a sedimentary formation. 

 Colombo, Braidwood district, near the Shoalhaven River (F. W. Wakefield) ; Nerriga 

 (J. L. Boorman) ; Hoskinton (W. A. W. de Beuzeville) ; 30 feet, smooth bark, Moonie 

 Creek, Jervis Bay (Dr. F. R. Rodway). 



Western Localities. — Grenfell, Penrith, Capertee, Mudgee, Apsley, Perth, head 

 of Castlereagh River (see Part X, p. 322). 



