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E. Watsoniana F.v.M. 

 A tree of medium size, only known from one locality. Bark of a dirty pale- 

 yellow colour, thick, scaly-fibrous, in layers. Timber not dark-coloured. 



c. Provisional Group, ivith dark scaly bark and pale timber : — 



E. calophylla E.Br. 

 E. ficifolia F.v.M. 



E. CALOPHYLLA E.Br. 



A very large, spreading, umbrageous tree. In bark and general appearance 

 it resembles the Bloodwoods of eastern Australia. The timber is pale-coloured. 



E. ficifolia F.v.M. 

 Small tree, up to 30 feet, usually, however, of much smaller size, forming 

 impenetrable thickets. Bark scaly and of a dark -brown colour, the inner bark of a 

 pale brown. This is probably an indication of transit towards the Pale Bloodwocds or 

 Yellow-jackets. 



I suggest the following subdivisions of Lepidophloise : — 



d. Endesmiw (excluding the Marlocks) : — 



E. Baileyana F.v.M. 



E. tetrodonta F.v.M. 



Later on, perhaps, the whole of the Eudesmise may be kept in a separate 

 classification, as they have so much in common in other directions. 



E. Baileyana F.v.M. 



Bark hard, thick, rather interlocked. An inferior Stringybark. 



" Bark dark, fibrous, and transversely interlocked, very hard." 



Timber of a light grey colour when fresh, interlocked in grain. " Bastard 

 Ironbark/' 



E. TETRODONTA F.V.M. 



Tree of 40-50 feet, with a diameter of 1-lJ feet, bark persistent on trunk and 

 branches, greyish, fairly rough and very stringy, timber pale, fissile (reddish brown, 

 E. H. Cambage). Known as Messmate or Stringybark in the tropics, and should be 

 compared with Pachyphloise. 



e. Tessellatas :■ — 



In this section, the scales or flakes of the true Bloodwoods are more defined 

 and deciduous, tending to form tesserae. But they do not cover the whole of the trunk 

 only the lower portion. The trees, therefore, form a connecting link with the 

 Hemiphloiaa. From another point of view they are a section of Leiophloise (Gums). 



