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Timber, very deep red, especially when freshly cut; brittle, usually hollow, and the 

 timber looked upon as inferior. The buds are precisely those of Stuart's New England 

 specimens, the fruits nearly so, while the leaves are 6 inches long. (J. H. M. coll. 1895). 

 The type. 



" My Orange Gum," so wrote Mr. Brown, Port Macquarie district (Forest Ranger 

 G. R. Brown, 1892), but not the Orange Gum of Kew, Camden Haven, in every detail, 

 though, in my opinion, conspecific. 



Coff's Harbour (Forester A. H. Lawrence). Precisely similar to the Serpentine 

 (Port Macquarie) type specimens-. 



Half-way Beach, near Woolgoolga, on poor swampy soil, with very coarse foliage. 

 With leaves up to nearly a foot long, and 2 inches wide (E. H. F. Swain). 



AFFINITIES. 



I have already pointed out the gaps in the distribution of this species, and when 

 we have collected and observed more, both as regards this species and others which 

 have been carved by others and myself out of E. tereticomis, we shall be in a better 

 position to indicate their infinite ramifications and affinities. 



1 . With E. tereticomis Sm. 



This is the species to which it is closely allied, but when they grow near each 

 otter they can always be separated. 



E. tereticomis is a tallish tree of rather erect habit ; E. Bancrofti is a scrambling, 

 gouty-looking tree with the habit of Angophora lanceolata. The latter species has 

 become accustomed to an environment of swampy, sour land; E. tereticomis prefers 

 drier situations, and although it will grow on the banks of streams, it flourishes only 

 in situations which are fairly well drained. 



The foliage of E. Bancrofti is duller and has the venation less marked ; the opercula 

 are usually shorter and more rounded ; those from mountain localities are commonly 

 g'aucous. E. tereticomis, particularly in its variety latifolia, may have comparatively 

 short and rounded opercula, but the line of demarcation between calyx tube and 

 operculum is never so accentuated as in E. Bancrofti. 



The fruit of E. Bancrofti is usually larger and more rounded, and the banded 

 rim is wider. 



Further differences are indicated in the references to var. brevifolia, ante p. 16. 

 The left-hand twig depicted in the plate of E. tereticomis in the " Eucalypto- 

 graphia " is E. Bancroft i. 



2. With E. Seeana Maiden. 



See that species in Part XXXII. 



