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DESCRIPTION. 



XXVI. E. aemenioides, Schauer. 



Following is the original description:— 



Arborea : ramulis rigidulis teretib. : foil, ehartaeeis oblongo-lanceolatis, basi valde obliqua in 

 petiolum attenuatis longe acuminatis cuspidatis, margine revolutis.. supra nitidis, punctis creberrimis 

 perforatis : pedunculis multifloris aneipitib. petiolum aequantib., in fim is axillarib., ceteris in panieulam 

 terminalem dispositis : pedicellis acutangulis cupula duplo longiorib.; operculo coriaceo conico acnminato 

 cupula exansfulata paullo breviori. — Foliorum lamina 3-4 uncias longa, 9-12 lin. lata, petiolus semipollicaris, 

 operculum sesquilineam altum. — Affini s E. persicifolio?, Lodd. quae colonis. " Black-butted Gum " audit. — ■ 

 In sylvis Xovse Cambria? australis. — A. Cunn. Walp. Rep. (Supplementum primum), ii, 924 (1843). 



It is not described in the Flora Australiensis, since Bentham doubtfully made it 

 a variety (? var. aemenioides) of E. ■pilularis, Sm. It is figured and described in Mueller's 

 E ucalyptograph iu . 



Notes supplementary to the description. 



Yernacular names. — " White Mahogany," hut often erroneously called " Stringybark," because 

 of the similarity in appearance of this species (particularly when young) to Stringybark. 



Bark. — Fibrous, not unlike Stringybark in smallish trees ; but more like Tallow-wood bark (E. 

 mierocorys) in large trees. The branches are covered as well as the trunk. I would draw attention to 

 the rarity of kino in this species. 



I do not doubt that a good deal of country reported to be Stringybark is really White Mahogany 

 of one form or another. Both trees like the same situations — well drained, sterile hills and mountain sides 



Timber. — Pale-coloured, dense, and of high specific gravity. 



JuveHile leaves. — The first leaves are opposite and not oblique, but symmetrical, broadlv ovate, 

 lanceolate and with pale underside. As the plant grows older they become alternate and are acuminate. 



Mature leaves. — In the mature leaves there is a tendency to crenulate margins, and some show a 

 considerable resemblance in outline to that of a peach. The leaves are less oblique than in most Eucalypts. 

 and the veins, unlike most Renanthercs, are parallel, making a considerable angle with the midrib, and are 

 thus very distinct from those of E. eugenioides. The axes are angular; leaves pale underneath. The 

 pale colour of the underside of the leaf is accentuated in drying, particularly if it has been collected damp, 

 the upper surface often drying quite dark. 



Fruit. — It is not altogether unlike that of E. eugenioides, but is flat at the top, with a thin rim- 

 in the normal form. 



SYNONYMS. 



1. E. triantha, Link, (not absolutely settled, in my mind, but very probable). 



2. E. carnea, R. T. Baker. E. umbra, R. T. Baker, certainly requires further 



investigation. The matter is gone into below. 



