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Queensland. 



" Eucalyptus hemilampra n.sp., Vallies of the Upper Brisbane, December, 1856. 

 Dr. M. (Mueller)." 



The above is a copy of a label in the Melbourne Herbarium, and the following 

 addition is also in Mueller's handwriting : — 



" B. saligna var. (Mueller). 



" E. resinifera var. grandiflora (Bentham)." 



" Jimmy Low," Maroochie (collector of F. M. Bailey) ; " Jimmy Low," Eight- 

 mile Plains, Brisbane (J. L. Boorman); Woodford (R. N. Jolly); "Red Stringybark," 

 Landsborough (P. MacMahon); "Red Stringybark," Fraser Island, Maryborough 

 (W. R. Petrie). . 



AFFINITIES. 



E. resinifera in its young state has the bark flaky-stringy, and eventually fibrous. 



The young leaves have the venation somewhat spreading ; later on the venation 

 is more parallel. 



In both these respects E. resinifera shows its intermediate character between 

 the Bloodwoods and the Stringybarks. 



1. With E. punctata DC. 



From the timber point of view this species is closest to E. resinifera. I have 

 dealt with the affinities of the two species under E. punctata, Part XXIX, p. 198. 



2. With E. Kirtoniana F.v.M. 



The affinities are interesting, and I have referred to them under Part XXIX, 

 p. 203. 



3. With E. siderophloia Benth. var. rostrata. 



' When the operculum (of E. resinifera) is long, the buds resemble those of 

 E. siderophloia var. rostrata, and of E. tereticornis, but the venation of the foliage and 

 other characters zve quite different." (B.F1. iii, 246.) 



The comparison will be understood by turning to Plate 47 (Part X), 20a and 27, 

 for buds. The resemblance of the fruits is less close. 



E. siderophloia is an Ironbark, E. resinifera a Mahogany. While the two timbers 

 may resemble each other a good deal, the expert can readily separate them through 

 the greater tensile strength of the former. 



