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DESCRIPTION. 



E. Woollsiana R. T. Baker. 



In Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xxv, 684, 1900, with Plate XLIII. (No serial number 

 is given, as I do not admit E. Woollsiana as a valid species, but a synonym 

 of E. odorata Behr and Schlecht., at least in part.) 



Following is the original description : — 



A large tree up to 80 feet high, and more than 3 feet in diameter. Bark persistent half-way or more 

 than half-way up the trunk; smooth, chiefly of a rich brown colour. 



Sucker leaves lanceolate, alternate; 2-3 inches long, -J— f inch broad. Mature leaves under 

 6 inches long, on a petiole less than -J inch ; narrow-lanceolate, tapering to a fine recurved point, mostly of 

 a thin texture, of a light yellowish-green, sometimes slightly shining ; venation obscured, impressed on the 

 upper surface; lateral veins few, intramarginal vein removed from the edge. 



Peduncles axillary, from 2-12 hues long. Floivers few. Calyx about 1 line in diameter, tapering 

 into a short stalk. Operculum hemispherical, acuminate, and often shorter and more obtuse than shown in 

 the plate- Ovary flat-topped. Stamens all fertile ; anthers parallel ; connective large and long, attached 

 at base to the filaments. 



Fruits small, 1 line in diameter, hemispherical to slightly pear-shaped ; rim thin, slightly contracted, 

 valves not exserted. 



Timber. — Hard, close-grained, interlocked, heavy, durable timber of a brownish colour. Useful 

 for bridge-decking, posts, railway sleepers, and general building purposes. It is in great request at the 

 Cobar mines for shoring the roofs. 



Let us endeavour to interpret Mr. Baker's views of his specie based on hi i own 

 descriptions and figures. 



Illustrations. — Mr. Baker figures E. Woollsiana at Plate XLIII, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S.W., vol. xxv, but gives no particulars as to locality of the specimen. 



He figures the species in his and Mr. Smith's " Research on the Eucalypts," 

 and at Nos. 6 and 7 he adds very broad leaves to the details of his former plate. 



In Journ. Roy. Soc. S.A., xl, 472, he states that Plate 29 (E. odorata) of J. E. 

 Brown's " Forest Flora of South Australia " is E. Woollsiana. The illustrations are 

 referred to with further detail in the descriptions of the illustrations at p. 223 of the 

 present Part. 



Let us consider the characters of E. Woollsiana, as stated by Mr. Baker, seriatim. 



Habit. — " Large tree up to 80 feet high, and more than 3 feet in diameter." 

 (Original description.) 



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