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Following are three species not closely related to those Red Gums which have 

 just been enumerated : — 



E. cosmophylla F.v.M. 



E. fasciculosa F.v.M. 

 E. pallidifolia F.v.M. 



E. COSMOPHYLLA F.V.M. 



A Red Gum. Red, easy working timber. Durable. Splits readily on the 

 quarter, but backs badly with irregular fracture along the annual rings of growth. Con- 

 fined to South Australia. 



E. fasciculosa F.v.M. 



Pink Gum. Deep reddish brown, not considered valuable. This is a second 

 of a few species confined to South Australia. 



E. PALLIDIFOLIA F.V.M. 



A Red or White Gum. Red, hard, close-grained. This is a tropical species 

 of whose timber we know but little. 



B. Blue Gum — 



This is a term used in the old Australian sense, for the name Blue Gum 

 originated, in the earliest days of settlement at Port Jackson, owing to the glaucous 

 or bluish appearance of Eucalyptus saligna. 



E. Deanei Maiden. 



E. grandis (Hill) Maiden. 



E. saligna Sm. 



E. Deanei Maiden. 

 Red or reddish brown. 



E. grandis (Hill) Maiden. 



Strong, durable, will float in water when dry, which is an unusual circumstance 



in Eucalyptus timber. 



E. saligna Sm. 

 Red, fissile. 



C. GpvEy Gum — 



The original Grey Gum is E. punctata, and E. propinqua is closely related to it. 

 The origin of the name Grey Gum was described at Part LI, p. 32. 

 E. adjuncta Maiden. 

 E. propinqua Deane and Maiden. 

 E. punctata DC. 



E. adjuncta Maiden. 

 Timber deep red. 



