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DESCRIPTION. 



CLII. E. propinqua Deane and Maiden, var. major n. var. 



See E. propinqua in Part XXIX, p. 191, Plate 121, also my " Forest Flora of New 

 South Wales," Part LXI, Plate 228. 



From Mr. C. T. White (Government Botanist of Queensland) I have received 

 specimens which are decidedly coarser than .those of the type, i.e., in the leaves, buds, 

 and fruits, and think it necessary to indicate this by a name, viz., variety major. The 

 affinities of E. propinqua and E. punctata are indicated at Part XXIX, p. 192, and 

 it approaches E. punctata in its large size, but the organs are those of E. propinqua. 



RANGE. 



(Of the Variety.) 



Queensland. — Kandanga, 70 miles north of Brisbane, 14 miles south of Gympie, 

 on Mary Valley Line (E. H. F. Swain, Nos. 144, 170, through C. T. White); " Leaves 

 and buds larger than usual," Norman Creek, near Brisbane (C. T. White) (I constitute 

 it the type) ; Crow's Nest, Darling Downs (C. T. White). 



(Of the Normal Species.) 



Queensland. — Imbil (Weatherhead, through C. T. White); Enoggera (Dr. J. 

 Shirley).; Warwick district (W. E. Moore, through C. T. White) ; Goodna (C. T. White). 



New South Wales. — Plenty of it near Apiary, began to flower 20th January, 

 1919, Wauchope, Hastings River (W. D. Gooclacre, Government Apiarist); Craven 

 State Forest, near Gloucester (W. A. W. de Beuzeville). 



Tall, s'raight trees, 50 to over 100 feet high, with a clean, smooth barrel, sometimes 80 feet to the 

 first branch. The beautiful mottled marking of the bark, with its varying shades of blue, grey, and pink, 

 here and there relieved by irregular splashes of salmon red, shooting flame-like from a deep metallic, 

 lead-coloured zone, is a striking feature of this handsome tree, and it might well be designated " Queen of 

 the Northern Eucalyptus Forests." It is very much like E. -punctata in the nature of the bark, but it is 

 more artistically coloured, with a larger range of colours of the most delicate shades, particularly at this 

 time of the year (August, 1922.) A belt of this timber extends from Mount Mullingen, 4 miles north of 

 Copmanhurst, for a couple of miles towards Smith's Creek. It was also noted about 12 miles north of 

 Mount Mullingen and in various parts of Ramornie Station. It is regarded as a valuable timber throughout 

 the district. (W. F. Blakely and D. W. C. Shiress). 



