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B. The Red Boxes— 



E. polyanthemos (Red Box or Slaty Gum). 



E. Rudderi (Coast Red Box). 



E. bicolor (Black or Flooded Box). 



E. fasciculosa (really intertexta) (Western Red Box). 



C. The Red Gums— 



E. rostrata (River Red Gum). 



E. tereticornis (Forest Red Gum). 



1914. — In the New South Wales Handbook (prepared for the visit of the British 

 Association. 1914), p. 440, I briefly classified the species of that State as follows : — 



Ironbarks. 



Stringybarks. 



Woollybarks. 



(By this term I referred to barks which are matted and comparatively smoothish 



externally, not with the fibres longitudinally disposed and coarse, as in the preceding 



section. This is a large group, which includes Blackbutts, Ashes, Peppermints, 



Boxes.) 



Bloodwoods. 



Gums. 



Mallees. 



Other dwarf species. 



In the Federal Handbook (prepared for the visit of the British Association, 

 1914), p. 187, 1 stated that the timbers of Eucalyptus may, as regards colour, be roughly 

 divided into red, brown, and pale. 



I shall have something more to say on this very important matter of classification 

 when I come to the question of nomenclature, which will be separately considered in 

 the present Part, p. 136. 



1917. — " Australian Eucalyptus Timber," R, T. Baker, Official Year-book, x, 

 85 (1917). 



Mr. Baker's classification is as follows : — 



1. Ironbarks. 



2. Gums. 



(a) Pale-coloured woods. 



(b) Red coloured timbers. 



(E. leucoxylon has been admitted into this group in error, and 

 E. redunca is not a true red wood. J.H.M.) 



3. Tallow- wood. 



4. Stringybarks. 

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