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The timber of a sapling is somewhat pale coloured, and not very deep red ; the 

 inner bark reddish. Certain galls (caused by Cystococcus sp.) are, Mr. Hill says, 

 characteristic of this species. 



Another specimen, smooth-stemmed Bloodwood, Darwin (G. F. Hill, No. 398), 

 has suckers (in a later stage) glabrous, pedicellate, broad-lanceolate. Fruits same as 

 Cambage's 3908 (Georgetown). 



Near Rifle Range at Darwin. Bark more or less flaky and typical of all the 

 same species here. Deep red timber (G. F. Hill, No. 425). " Bloodwood," medium-sized 

 tree, rough bark on trunk and branches. Darwin (G. F. Hill, No. 343). Long narrow 

 fruits ; large flowers, white calyces. 



' Rough -.stemmed Bloodwood. Rough bark throughout. Tree of erect growth, 

 straight stem durable timber. Terminal branches slender and drooping." 30 miles 

 south-east of Darwin (G. F. Hill, Nos. 365, 366). Long narrow fruits. 



Lanceolate pedicellate sucker leaves (not in the earliest stage, but still opposite). 

 Long narrow fruits. Bathurst Island (G. F. Hill, No. 470). 



Port Darwin (N. Holtze). Large tree, scurfy buds, 10 miles from Darwin, on 

 red ironstone lands (C. E. F. Allen, No. 137). Port Darwin (correspondent of Mueller). 

 Pine and Horse-shoe Creeks (E. J. Dunn). Between Bull Oak Creek and Crescent 

 Lagoon (Prof. Baldwin Spencer). 



Baie Raffles, Cote N. de la Nouvelle Hollande, Voyage de l'Astrolabe et de la 

 Zelee, 1838-40. M. le Guillou No. 64 (Herb. Paris). 



I am satisfied that the Northern Territory specimens just enumerated are very 

 close to the type of E. terminalis. Also that the contrast of rough-stemmed and smooth- 

 stemmed bark is a matter of age of the tree. The bark is always more or less flaky, 

 and the outer, rough flakes fall off and show a relatively smooth, reddish brown, new 

 surface. Further, in saplings the timber is somewhat pale, but in mature trees the 

 colour is deep red. 



To summarise, the earliest juvenile leaves and rachis are slightly hairy scabrous, 

 and the former ovate-circular in shape. The peduncles and pedicels are long, and 

 sometimes thick. The buds are scurfy, the fruits are oblong, and the seeds have long 

 wings. 



The following specimens from the southern part of the Territory were noted 

 or collected by the Horn Expedition. I have not been able to see them, and would 

 like to compare them with E. pyrophora Benth. 



In the leader's Report at p. 33, we have " Camp 31, 15th June, 1894, James 

 Range, Glen Edith (? Laurie's Creek). ' Native Fig ' (Ficus orbicularis), Cypress Pine 

 (Callitris), and Bloodwood Gum (Eucalyptus terminalis) grow in the interstices of the 

 rocks near the water." 



In the Report on the Horn Expedition, Botany (Prof. Tate), p. 159, we have 

 under E. terminalis, " Hermannsburg (Kempe), widely distributed, chiefly on rocky 

 declivities and tablelands, Tempe Downs to George Gill Range, Mereenie Escarpment 

 to Mt, Sonder, and Stuart's Pass, Mt. Gillen to James' Range." 



