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AFFINITY. 



1. "With E. botryoides Sm. Already dealt with. 



Variety. 

 Var. pallidivalvis Baker and Smith, " Research on the Eucalypts," p. 32 (1902). 

 Following is the original description : — ■ 



Tho herbarium material of this tree is altogether musli coarser than that of the type. 



The leaves are large and broad, and generally dry a fresh, green colour, with a whiteness near the 

 midrib, and a pale under-surface. Branchlets angled. Peduncles flatteneJ, about 6 lines long, bearing 

 generally over six flower*, pedicel 1 lines long. Calyx 2 lines in diameter, tapering into the pedicel. 

 Operculum hemispherical, acuminate. 



Fruit uniformly pear-shaped, on a short, thick pedicel, or sessile, glaucous, about 3 lines in diameter, 

 sometimes angled, rim thin, capsule sunk ; valves exserted, obtuse, white. 



Hc&itat.— Narara, MurwiHuinbali, Booral, Gosford, Bulahdelah, Turabulgum, Barber's Creek, 

 Lismore, New South Wales. 



" Flooded Gum " is often called " Bine Gum " by experienced people, while 

 normal E. sallgna is often more or less glaucous. The fruits have often a slightly 

 urceolate shape, and sharp, inflcxed valve-tips. As a rule, though not invariably 

 so, the buds and fruits are slightly larger than those of the normal form. 



SYNONYMS. 



1. E. grandis Hill. 



2. I received specimens of it from the distinguished French firm Vilmorin, 



Andrieux & Co., of Paris, some years ago under the name 7? , but as I 



cannot trace the name in literature, I do not publish it. The specimens were quite 

 normal. It is also cultivated in Algeria and Java. 



1. Following is Mr. "Walter Hill's imperfect description of his B. grandh in 

 the " Catalogue of the Timbers of Queensland " prepared for the London Inter- 

 national Exhibition of 1S62 : — 



Eucalyptus grandis Hill, Myrtaceae, Flooded Gum. (Diameter) 40-60 (inches), (height) 90-140 

 (feet). 



A majestic tree, inhabiting the rich alluvial flats upon the banks of rivers, and in such has a pillar- 

 like trunk, clear of branches for three-fourths of its entire height. The timber is in high repute for 

 strength, lightness (it floats in water when dry), and durability, and can Le had in great quantities. 



See also : — 



Flooded Gum (Eucalyptus grandis) native name " Toolur." Grows in bush on basalt, or on the 

 edges of scrubs. It has a white bark which peels off right down to the ground. It grows to a great 

 height, and is the lightest of all the gums hereabout (South Queensland), floating in water soon after being 

 cut. It is easily cut by saw, bat shrinks very much in drying. It is used for weatherboards, and some- 

 times for making parts of drays and carts. Also used for masts, spars, and planks of vessels. (W. 

 Pettigrew in Proc. Queensland Philos. Soc. 1877 [1878].) 



Mr. Pettigrew acknowledges his indebteduesss to Mr. Walter Hill, who was 

 then Director of the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane. 



