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north- west of Kiiring-gai Station (ditto); Galston Road, near 17 mile post (ditto) 

 Trig. Ridge, 1 mile north-west of Mt. Colah Station (ditto) ; bark smooth, grey and 

 white. Peat's Ferry, Hawkesbnry River (H. Deane). 



Northern Localities. — Tuggerah Lakes, Belmont, Raymond Terrace, Failford, 

 Port Macquarie, Brunswick River, Hillgrove, Emmaville (see Part X, p. 322). 



Narrow-leaved White Gum. Very white to the ground, straight, valuable for 

 posts and rails. Timber durable and not easily destroyed by bush fires as it will not 

 burn well. Morrisset (Andrew Murphy) ; White or Scribbly Gum, a fairly common 

 tree in poor sour land all over the district. Only used for fuel, because of its free cutting 

 purposes, but it has no other use. Bucca Creek, near CofE's Harbour (J. L. Boorman) ; 

 Sandy Hills, 20 miles east of Tenterfield (R. H. Cambage, No. 2,924). 



Queensland. 



See various localities, Part X, p. 322. 



- White Gum," Fraser Island (W. R. Petrie, No. 6); White or Scribbly Gum, 

 Siuinybaiik, near Brisbane (C. T. White) ; up to 40 feet with a diameber of 3-4 feet, 

 foliage of silvery sheen, a handsome tree for street planting in coastal areas. Wellington 

 Point, Brisbane (J. L. Boorman). Found also at the Waterworks, towards 

 Ennoggera, &c. 



AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. hcemastoma Sm. 



Mr. Andrew Murphy calls this species " Broad-leaved White Gum," and 

 E. UicrwMha " Narrow-leaved White Gum." See his remarks at Part X, p. 318. 



The timber of E. micrantha, like that of E. hcemastoma, is very largely used 

 for fuel, but, unlike the latter, it is cut for fence posts and rough pickets ; E. hcemastoma 

 is too small and too crooked to be cut for anything but firewood. When growing in 

 association with E. hcemastoma, it can be easily separated from that species by the 

 larger trees with a somewhat drooping habit, and particularly in the narrower, slightly 

 glaucous, leaves. 



2. With E. maculosa R. T. Baker. 



Both have much the same habit and also the general facies, but E. micrantha 

 is generally a larger tree and is more bluish in the bark. The juvenile leaves, buds, 

 and fruits are different. For E. maculosa, see Part XXVII, Plate 112. 



