DESCRIPTION. 



CXCIII. E. tessellaris F.v.M. 



In Journ. Linn. Soc. iii, 88 (1859). 



Following is a translation of the original description : — 



A t-:c\ hranehlcts somewhat terete, on the lower side angled and smooth on the upper. 



Leaves alternate, somewhat short, petiolate, narrow-lanceolate, subfalcate, faintly penniveined, 

 imperforate, umbels axillary and terminal, double or many, paniculate, 2-4 flowered, fedunci.es angular, 

 the common one longer than the other peduncles, buds ovate, almost twice as long as tho pedicel ; operculum 

 patella-shape i and obtuse, the calyx-lube slightly broader and much longer than the operculum; fruits 

 truncate-ovate, ecostate, valves included. 



Habitat in grassy places in the hills and plains, especially sandy-clayey areas from the district south- 

 east of the Gulf of Carpentaria as far south as Moreton Bay. Flowered in November and December. 



A medium or fairly large tree, the bark on the lower part of the trunk only persistent, tho whole 

 dirty-looking and ash-coloured, with numerous longitudinal and transverse cracks in the bark, forming 

 unequal, somewhat tessellated, separable pieces. The upper part of the trunk, as well as tho branches, is 

 white and smooth. The branchlets and the leaves, as in many of the species, pendulous. Leaves for the 

 most part 3^ inches long, -J-— | inch broad, acuminate. The primary peduncles the same length as the 

 petiole or twice as short. Fruit 4-5 lines long, slightly contracted towards the apex. 



" Moreton Bay Ash," LciehhanW s Overland Expedition in many places, and of the colonists. 



It was described by Bentham in B.F1. iii, 251 (spelt tessdaris), and redescribed 

 and figured by Mueller in the " Eucalyptographia." 



Bark totally persistent on the lower part of the stem only, then dark-coloured, and by longitudinal 

 and transverse fissures broken up into small angular masses ; hence tho specific name ; the rest of the stem 

 and branches ashy grey and smooth, rarely the whole stem so to the base. ('' Eucalyptographia.") 



For the limitations of the name " Moreton Bay Ash," usually applied to this 

 tree, see below, p. 203. 



The late P. O'Shanesy, Rockhampton district, Queensland, gives the aboriginal 

 name as " Ghallgurria" or " Gallgurrie." It was called " Corang" by the aborigines 

 of the Nogoa River, Queensland. Dr. Shirley gives me the name " Woonara " as in 

 use by the Koolaburra tribe, between Taromeo and Nanango, Southern Queensland. 

 (Proc. Roy. Sec. Q., xii, 7.) 



