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24.— GOLDFIELDS YELLOW FLOWERING GUM (Euc. Stricklandi) . 

 A tree of 20 to 30 feet, with a light brown bark covered with grey flakes 

 which peel off. The branches are very widely spreading or even drooping. The 

 young branches are covered with a white powder, and the leaves are large, thick, 

 and of a blue-green colour, usually above six inches long. The flowers are very 

 handsome, being of a bright yellow, and one and a-half inches across. The buds 

 are blunt, nearly half an inch long, and the fruits are distinctly bell-shaped, 

 half an inch long, and as broad, clustered at the end of a broad flat stalk. The 

 tree occurs to the south of Coolgardie and near Norseman, and is found on 

 gravelly hills. 



Goldfields Yellow Flowering Gum. 



