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DESCRIPTION. 



CCXXII. E. grandis (Hill) Maiden. 



In Joum. Roy. Soc. N.S.W., Hi, 501, 1918. Ex Walter Hill in "Catalogue of the 

 Timbers of Queensland" (Lond. Exh., 1862), p. 25. See also this work, ¥eh 

 XXIII, p. 58, with PI. 100, figs. 8-13. 



Following (1) is Mr. Walter Hill's imperfect description of his E. grandis in the 

 " Catalogue of the Timbers of Queensland," prepared for the London International 

 Exhibition of 1862 :- 



(1) Eucalyptus grandis Hill, Myrtaeeae, Flooded Gum. [Diameter] 40-60 [inches], [height] 90-140 

 [feet]. 



A majestic tree, inhabiting the rich alluvial flats upon the banks of rivers, and in such has a pillar- 

 like trunk, clear of branches for three-fourths of its entire height. The timber is in high repute for strength, 

 lightness (it floats in water when dry), and durability, and can be had in great quantities. 



See also : — 



(2) Flooded Gum {Eucalyptus grandis), native name " Toolur." Grows in bush on basalt, or on 

 the edges of scrubs. It has a white bark which peels off right down to the ground. It grows to a great 

 height, and is the lightest of all the gums hereabout (South Queensland), floating in water soon after being 

 cut. It is easily cut by saw, but shrinks very much in drying. It is used for weatherboards, and sometimes 

 for making parts of drays and carts. Also used for masts, spars, and planks of vessels. (W. Pettigrew 

 in Proc. Queensland Philos. Soc. 1877 (1878).) 



Mr. Pettigrew acknowledges his indebtedness to Mr. Walter Hill, who was then 

 Director of the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane. 



E. grand/* Hill is referred to in my " Forest Flora of New South Wales," i, 79, 

 and, although not then formally described, was to be found in the Kew Herbarium and 

 some other herbaria, and, in the light of later knowledge, the informal description of Mr. 

 Walter Hill, as there quoted, is quite clear, and, since it is backed up with herbarium 

 specimens, might be claimed to be sufficient, if it were desired to give it specific rank. 



The above is noted in Part XXIII, p. 58, of the present work. 



Under the name E. saligna Sm. var. pcdlidivalvis Baker and Smith, " Research 

 on the Eucalypts," p. 32 (1902), it was described as follows : — 



The herbarium material of this tree is altogether much coarser than that of the type. 



The leaves are large and broad, and generally dry a fresh, green colour, with a whiteness near the 

 midrib, and a pale under-surface. Branchlets angled. Peduncles flattened, about 6 lines long, bearing 

 generally over six flowers, pedicel 4 lines long. Calyx 2 lines in diameter, tajsering into the pedicel. 

 Operculum hemispherical, acuminate. 



Fruit uniformly pear-shaped, on a short, thick pedicel, or sessile, glaucous, about 3 lines in diameter, 

 sometimes angled, rim thin, capsule sunk; valves exserted, obtuse, white. 



