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The following notes on the bark and timber are also compiled from letters from 

 Mr. H. W. Mocatta, District Forester, Atherton : — 



The Cadagi tree is very like Moretra Bay Ash (E. lesselaris). Bark black and scaly up to 

 about 10 feet from the ground, thence upwards dark green and glossy. The lower part of the 

 bark is in thin tessera;. The lower part of the trunk always carries the scaly bark up to 10 or 

 15 feet, the smooth glossy green bark reaches thence upwards. 



Cadagi wood is esteemed a very useful timber, but is not extensively milled where it would 

 have to be hauled long distances, as teamsters do not like it on account of its weight. It is 

 considered an excellent wood for waggon-building ; it is also a good lasting timber in the ground. 

 The wood is very fissile, reminding one of Spotted Gum, only freer; it is very pale — whitish to 

 pale brown. The tree grows to good marketable size. 



RANGE. 



So far as we know, this species is confined to northern Queensland. The type 

 came from Trinity Bay. 



" Blue Gum, the largest tree in the forest. The bark is pale blue, smooth as 

 glass." Sea View (?), Rockingham Bay (J. Dallachy). 



Trees found mostly on scrub fringes, but also grow well into heart of scrubs. 

 Habitat on coastal ranges from behind Ingham to Port Douglas, North Queensland. 

 (H. W. Mocatta.) 



AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. setosa Schauer. 



The species woidd be placed with E. sdom but for the sprinkling with colour and the size 

 of the leaves, the twisting of the petioles, the fewness of the pedicels on the petiole and their 

 shortness, the smoothness of the calyx and the shape of the operculum; it should be seriously 

 compared as regards the bark, timber fruit-bearing calyx and seeds. (Original description.) 



Compare Plates 157, 158, Part XXXVII, with Plate 160 of the present Part. 

 It will be seen that E. setosa is much more persistently homoblastic (juvenile) than 

 E. Torelliana; the leaves are sessile in the former and petiolate in the latter. The 

 buds are of a different shape, and very setose in E. setosa; in E. Torelliana the 

 fruits are smaller, more urceokte than in E. setosa, and also glabrous and sessile. 

 E. Torelliana is a shaft-like Gum, while E. setosa is a spreading, fibrous-barked tree. 



