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B. lineaeis Delm. 

 Tree of medium size, say up to 100 feet, with smooth, slightly ribbony bark 

 (the smooth portion of a yellowish cast) and very little scaly bark except perhaps a 

 little at the lowest portion of the butt. Clean-looking tree, with clean-looking branches 

 and light tops of narrow leaves. The foliage rather erect, certainly not pendulous, 

 although occasionally slightly so. This is a White Peppermint, according to the 

 Adventure Bay people and also Mr. Rodway. This tree differs from E. amygdalina 

 as we know it, in two important points : — 



(1) An erect, smooth-barked (not rough-barked) tree. 



(2) Foliage erect, not pendulous. 



E. maculosa R. T. Baker. 

 A White or blotched Gum, rarely exceeding 60 feet in height. 



E. Mitchelliana Cambage. 

 An umbrageous tree up to 50 feet high, with a stem-diameter of 2 feet. Bark 

 smooth and white, except for a few rough flakes at the base. 



E. numerosa Maiden. 

 A medium-sized to rather tall, rather slender tree, essentially a White Gum, 

 with sub-fibrous or Peppermint butt, succeeded by especially long ribbons, so tough 

 that they were used by the aborigines for tying purposes. It is known as Ribbony 

 Gum. The timber is white and fissile. 



E. Perriniana F.v.M. 

 A semi-pendulous small, or medium-sized White Gum, with the usual deciduous 

 patches. Timber brittle. 



E. precox Maiden. 

 A small Gum tree of drooping habit. 



E. Risdoni Hook. f. 

 A smooth-barked tree of medium size, but always more or less scaly at the butt. 



E. rubida Deane and Maiden. 

 A medium-sized tree, perfectly smooth for the most part, the outer layer of 

 bark falling off in ribbons. The " bole and limbs very white, as if whitewashed." 

 The name " Candle-bark " is also excellently descriptive of the appearance of the 

 bark in the most southern parts of New South Wales and north-eastern Victoria. It 

 frequently exhibits reddish or plum-coloured patches (hence the specific name); this 

 is a colour rarely, if ever, seen in E. viminalis. 



E. scoparia Maiden. 

 A slender tree of 30-40 feet, with narrow, pendulous foliage, and an entirely 

 smooth white bark. 



