290 



209. E. gracilis F.v.M. 

 Heavy loam, in the Harrismith district, Western Australia (C. A. Gardner ) 



191. E. grandifolia R.Br. 



Just as widespread in Northern Queensland as in the Northern Territory. It 

 grows in damp places. Dr. H. I. Jensen, who calls it " Bloodwood," says it is both 

 calciphobe and calciphile, and grows in loams, often clay subsoil, drier ground. It 

 frequents all formations except very siliceous sandstone and very rocky ground. It is 

 associated with E. papuana and E. Foelscheana in the Northern Territory, also with 

 E. alba. (See also Part XXXVII, pp. 188-91.) 



Northern Territory. — " I note you mention (p. 188) specimens numbered by me 

 506 and 1,272 as being referable to E. grandifolia R.Br. On looking up my field notes, 

 I find these came with trees of 30-40 feet in height, with a stem-diameter of about 1 foot ; 

 with bark and timber similar to those of E. clavigera A. Cunn." (Jensen.) I have 

 looked up the original specimens, which are, hoAvever, fragmentary. No. 1,272 is, in 

 my opinion, E. grandifolia, of which it has the fruits ; the rachis is a little rough. No. 506 

 has broad broad, lanceolate, undulate, glabrous leaves, the fruits are few, and would 

 pass for either grandifolia or papuana. 



E. grossa F.v.M. 



A Mallee. Stock rather small, carrying 6-8 stems of 8-12 feet in height, rarely 

 15 feet, straggling, and rather widely branched, 3-5 inches diameter. Bark stringy- 

 fibrous, or fibrous-flaky, light to dark grey in colour, rough and persistent up to the ulti- 

 mate twigs. Timber pinkish, or red, soft, but very tough. Leaves ovate, dark green, 

 thick, and rigid, shiny, erect or spreading. Flowers not seen, but said to be yellow. 

 Buds reddish, fruits reddish, becoming a purplish-brown, on thick terete peduncles, 

 nearly as thick as the cylindrical fruits. 



Occurs in small patches near Sabnon Gums, in low Mallee thickets, or more 

 frequently in thickets of Melaleuca, in yellow loam. (C. A. Gardner, No. 2,228.) 



Figured at Plate 18, Part IV, also Plate 72, Part XVI. This is an addition to 

 the few localities already recorded, see p. 210, Part XVI. 



E. hemiphloia F.v.M. 



Inglewood, Queensland (Cecil J. Smith, through C. T. White), also Silverwood, 

 Darling Downs (C. T. White, No. 1,743.) 



