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DESCRIPTION. 



CCXV. E. fraxinoides Deane and Maiden. 



In Proc. Linn. Sw. N.S.W. xxiii, 412 (1898). with a Plate. 

 Following is the original description : — 



A tall tree. 



Bark. — -Belongs to the smooth-barked group. Outer layer falling oS in ribbons ; the bark 

 blotched, reminding one somewhat of a Spotted Gum (E. maevlata) as regards its blotches, and E. viminalis 

 (Ribbon Gum) as regards the stripping of the outer bark. 



Timber. — Pale coloured, light in weight and colour, fissile. Makes handsome bedroom furniture, 

 and may be substituted for American Ash. Is used for snow-shoes in the Kiandra district. It is used 

 in the Bombala district for lining instead of pine ; f lso for panels and sash-work, as well as casks and butter 

 kegs. Bcc: use of its resemblance to American Ash it gees under the name of White Ash ; it also gees 

 under the name of Mountain Ash, ft nunc which, however, should be reserved for E. Sieberiana. In allusion 

 to the resemblance ci the timber to Ash, we propose the r.r.rr.e fraxinoides frr this species. 



Sucker leaves.— Alternate, varying from bluntly lanceolate to almost linear-lanceolate; slightly 

 falcate ; twigs very glaucous. 



Peduncles. — Flattened. 



It lids. — Ovoid when young; as growth proceeds the operculum more or less pointed at the top, 

 and thus assuming a somewhat conical shape; up to seven or eight in the umbel. 



Stamens. — Inflexed in bud. The stamens in the young bud much resemble these of E. stricta 

 as figured in " Eucalyptographia.'' Anthers reniform. with a very large gland at the top (in a very young 

 state). 



Fruit. — Shining, nearly globular; usually T 7 j inch in diameter, or a little less; urccol&to in 

 young fruit, the neck being almost lost in the mature fruit. The rim sharp. The valves usually five and 

 very depressed. 



The juvenile (sucker) leaves from Bemboka Peak (W. Baeuerlen), and those 

 from Parker's Gap (W. A. W. de Beuzeville), are narrow-lanceolate, but scanty. Those 

 from West Albion Park (R. H. Cambage, June, 1901) are broadly lanceolate (up to 

 2 inches wide). In variation and general appearance there would appear to be a good 

 deal of similarity between these leaves and those of E. virgata and E. obtnsiflora. 



Illustrations. — I believe that the juvenile leaves of E. fraxinoides and of its var. 

 tri flora are not to be distinguished from each other, and that the broad (17a) and narrow 

 suckers (17?;), depicted in Plate 43, fairly illustrate those of the normal form also. 



The type is figured at Plate XIX of Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W ., vol. xxii, as 

 already stated. The buds with short opercula are shown, but the fruits are shown a 

 little too urceolate. A fragment of the type is again shown p.t la-d, Plate 44 of the 

 present work, and another specimen at 5a-c of the same Plato, When I add that the. 



