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Locally known as " Miam." There is a statement as to the range of this species 

 in the Roeburne district of Western Australia at p. 99 of W.A. Forests Department 

 Bulletin No. 32, by C. A. Gardner. 



192. E. papuana F.v.M. 



North Western Australia. — A tree with two distinct forms ; a small tree of the sandstone ranges 

 in poor soil, of low stature, known as "Desert Gum,'" and a more luxuriant form found on alluvial flats and 

 river valleys known as "White Gum." 



Desert Gum is a tree with an erect trunk of 8 to 15 feet, and spreading, somewhat flexuose branches, 

 the twigs being of a reddish-brown colour. The bark is pinkish or buff-coloured, mottled with brown, 

 or sometimes quite white, decorticating in small flakes. The leaves are a dark shining green. The timber 

 is brown and dense. Found on sandstone elevations or in valleys in sandy soil, from the Prince Regent 

 River to Vansittart Bay, where it descends to the Mangrove fringe. The capsules are thin, and drop 

 from the trees early. 



White Gum, a handsome tree of 30 to 50 feet, with an erect trunk and numerous spreading flexuose 

 pendulous branches. Trunk to 20 feet and 20 inches diameter, the bark rather thin, white or greyish- 

 white, smooth and decorticating in small thin grey flakes. The leaves are narrower than the Desert Gum, 

 and thicker. Common on the Black Soil plains of the Lennard and May Rivers in rich black loam, also 

 near Derby in sandy soil. (C. A. Gardner, Kimberleys.) 



The expedition had a very trying time, and many specimens had to be left 

 behind. In view of the fact that our knowledge of E. papuana and E. grandifolia is 

 not complete, it would have been very desirable to have had specimens from so excellent 

 an observer. Indeed, there is reason to suppose that some specimens attributed to 

 E. tessellaris (especially those recorded by travellers without strict botanical examina- 

 tion), may perhaps turn out to be other than that species. 



Queensland. — Sugar Gum, Cabbage Gum, calciphille ; on heavy and light loam of considerable 

 thickness in alluvial and arenaceous formations in damp places through Northern Queensland ; on all 

 formations except limestone plains, and it is associated with E. terminalis, E. alba and E. grandifolia. 



The above notes are by Dr. H. I. Jensen, who observes that it is just as wide- 

 spread in Northern Queensland as in the Northern Territory, and in similar positions, 

 i.e., in damp places. He goes on to say (April, 1920) : 



I doubt very much that it is E. papuana which is classed as Desert Gum from Emerald, Central 

 Queensland (Part XXXVII, p. 197) unless Boorman's specimen was collected near a spring and confused 

 in some way with a Desert Gum. E. papuana associates usually with Pandanus, wherever I have seen 

 it. Its association with Bloodwood (which is also in the tropics a water seeker), as recorded by Miss Zara 

 Clark (same page), points to her specimen being E. papuana. 



I have looked at these specimens again, and they both appear to be E. papuana. 



243. E. perfoliata R.Br. 



North Western Australia. — The following notes from Mr. C. A. Gardner supplement 

 the localities given in Part XLIV, p. 104, for a rare species. " Restricted to the 

 sandstone formations, and occurring in poor sandy soil. Prince Regent River (the 

 northern limit of the species), Artesian Range, Edkins Range, and Mount Marmion; 

 all in stony places." 



