437 



Busby's Flat and Mallanganee, Richmond Range (District Forester G. E 

 Ruinmerv) ; Wallangarra (J. L. Boorman) ; ' White or Grey Gum," Casino (Forester 

 E. G. McLean, No. 56, also L. G. Irby). 



Queensland. — Killarney, foot of Macpherson Range (C. T. White, J. L. Boorman). 

 Dr. Jensen reports :— " Gum-top Box; calciphile; found on rich loam stony subsoil; 

 occurs Carnarvon Range, Brown tributaries, Bogantungan, along Nogoa, Clematis 

 Creek. The geological formation is calcareous sandstones, glacial tillite shales, alluvials 

 of porous nature and basalts in Buckland region. It is associated with E. microtheca 

 in places, with E. populifolia in others, also with E. lerelicornis and E. tessellaris, and 

 frequently with E. crebra and Tristania suaveolens.'' 



AFFINITIES. 



1 and 2. With E. microearpa Maiden, and E. albens Miq. 



For our present purpose it will be sufficient to compare E. hemiphloia with these 

 two species. See pp. 438 and 440. As regards other species, see Part XI, p. 16. 



E. hemipliloia is a much better grown tree than var. albens of the western districts 

 of New South Wales. It is a better timber tree with a long straight sound barrel; 

 old trees are, of course, hollow, but not to the same extent as old trees of var. albens, 

 which are often as hollow as a drum. In the quality of timber it is classed with E. crebra 

 and E. paniculata, and is sometimes preferred to both. 



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