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Juvenile leaves. — Nearly ovate, not cordate at the base, tapering slightly at the apex to a blunt 

 point or rounded. Common dimensions are lh inches broad and 3 inches long. The margin somewhat 

 undulate, the intramarginal vein a considerable distance fom the edge. The under surface nearly white, 

 densely besprinkled with stellate hairs, as also the rhachises. The upper surface bright green, in prominent 

 contrast to the lower surface. This surface is very sparingly besprinkled with stellate hairs, or they may 

 be entirely absent. 



Mature leaves. — Lanceolate, symmetrical or falcate, gradually tapering to fine, though not 

 rigid points. Five inches long, with a width in its broadest part of about | of an inch, are common 

 dimensions. The marginal vein close to the margin, or forming a thickening of the same ; the lateral veins 

 numerous and fine, parallel, and forming an angle of about 45 degrees with the midrib. Upper surface 

 shiny, under surface paler and dull. 



Flowers. — Umbels vary in number, but usually 5 to 7, the common flattened peduncle of about 

 an inch; the flattened pedicels from £ to \ an inch. Anthers small, versatile, with parallel cells and long 

 narrow openings, with a relatively large gland at the back. 



Buds. — Pear-shaped, the calyx irregularly toothed ; the operculum nearly hemispherical, or with 

 an umbo. 



Fruits. — Rather large, globular-urn-shaped, 3-celled; margin of the orifice thinly compressed; 

 valves deltoid, slightly exserted or hardly extending beyond the orifice; seeds without any appendage. 

 (Mueller.) The largest fruits seen by me are about § of an inch wide, and the same deep. 



RANGE. 



The type comes from " Moretou Bay." More precisely, the locality from which 

 the type was obtained is Eight Mile Plains, a few miles south of Brisbane. 



It, however, is also found in northern New South "Wales, and its known localities 

 extend from 20 miles south of Grafton, New South Wales, in the south, to the Blackdown 

 Tableland, about 100 miles west of Rockhampton, Queensland, in the north. 



New South Wales. 



Low, sandy country, about 20 miles south of Grafton. " Trees mostly hollow 

 and ringy," showing that, as regards this particular locality, it is dying out. 



' I do not remember having mentioned to you my meeting with the tree 

 E. Ba ileyana (Bastard Ironbark) on the Clarence. I found it on some low, sandy country, 

 about 20 miles south of Grafton. The trees I saw were from about 20 inches to 3 feet 

 in diameter, and of medium height —25 to 40 feet to first branch. Bark dark, fibrous, 

 and transversely interlocked, and very hard and tough. Trees mostly hollow or 

 ringv. " (Late Mr. Augustus Rudder.) 



Copmanhurst. Clarence River (J. L. Boorman). ' Fairly tall trees of 30-50 feet 

 high, with girth measurements of 6-8 feet. The "bole is free from branches up to 

 25-30 feet ; is sound and heavy. The bark is thick-fibrous, but perhaps inferior for 

 thatching purposes. The colour of the stem is a distinctive reddish colour, making it 



