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AFFINITIES. 



This question has been dealt with at length at " Forest Flora," p. 138, to which 

 my readers are referred, and it will be sufficient to give the following table showing the 

 differences between it and E. rubida Deane and Maiden and E. viminalis Labill., the 

 two nearest species : — ■ 





1. 



2. 



3. 



Size and habit of 



Dalrympleana. 



rubida. 



viminalis. 



Very large, erect, non-glaucous 



Not very large ; smaller 



Frequents good moist soil. 



tree. 



tree. 



than E. Dalrympleana. 

 Grows on poorer soils. 

 Glaucous. 



Large size. 



Bark 



Smooth, spotted or patchy, 



Smooth, spotted or patchy, 



Moderately thick ; not 





very thick; sometimes 2 



thickish, but not so 



very patchy; much less 





inches thick. More or less 



thick as that of 



ribbony than the other 





rough at butt. 



E. Dalrympleana. 



two. 



Timber 



Pale - coloured, shrinks irregu- 



Much more brittle than 



Good. Few gum-veins. 





larly. Not much tensile 



that of E. Dalrympleana. 







strength. Valuable for build- 









ing purposes, when kept 









under cover. Valuable for 









paper-pulp. 







Seedlings and 



Broadish ; glaucous, but less so 



Broad, glaucous 



Narrow, non-glaucous. 



Suckers. 



than those of E. rubida. 







Mature haves ... 



Non-glaucous ... 



Dull green, or glaucous . . . 



Non- glaucous ; have sweet 

 ethereal smell. 



Buds 



Elongated, usually in threes. 



Ovoid, often glaucous. Op- 



Same as (1). Usually in 





Rarely cruciform. Has a 



erculum nearly hemi- 



threes. 





flowering season in its type 



spherical. Usually in 







locality, nearly a couple of 



threes, cruciform. 







months earlier than E. rubida 







Fruits 



Nearly globose, with very pro- 



More urceolate. Top- 



Like (1). 





truding valves, usually about 



shaped ; 3 lines diam. 







6mm. diameter. Banded rim. 



Less banded. Smaller 

 than those of (1). 



- 





Found on easterly and north- 



Found on westerly and 



Most usually found on 





erly slopes in its type-locality 



southerly slopes (Tum- 



river or creek banks. 





(Tumberumba district). 



berumba district). 





CCXVIL E. dichromophloia F.v.M. 



This species is dealt with in Part XL, but in Plate 165 no leaf earlier than an 

 intermediate leaf is figured. 



In Part XLI, p. 3, the juvenile leaves of E. dichromophloia are described for 

 the first time, but not figured. They are now figured at fig. 3a, Plate 202 of the present 

 Part (see p. 290 below). 



Dr. H. I. Jensen tells me that the species seems very widespread on poor country 

 in Queensland, while E. terminalis is found on better, moister land. 



