446 J. H. MAIDEN. 



Mr. Fauntleroy says "The bark has a long grained fibre 

 and runs like Jarrah, and is not like Red Gum (E. calo- 

 phylla) or Wandoo (E. redunca), which have a short brittle 

 grain. On the other hand the Jbark is composed of a number 

 of thin layers or flakes, hardly as thick as a threepenny 

 piece while green, and when dry are thinner still. The 

 lower wood is shedding a layer now, which splits into 

 narrow strips along the stem and breaks across at short 

 intervals, some pieces curling vertically, others horizont- 

 ally, but all curling. The*new bark on the lower section 

 is of a rich yellow-brown to orange-brown colour. The 

 mid section, which will not shed a layer this year, is 

 covered with a blue-grey bloom which rubs off on the hand 

 and exposes bark of a reddish colour. The bark of the 

 young wood and the top of the trees is red without the 

 bloom powder. Grows Mallee style, about 12 feet high." 



Specimens from Mr. Fauntleroy show it to have a smooth, 

 tough bark, which strips in long lengths. The smooth bark 

 has thin reddish-brown flakes, which fall off in succession. 



Mr. Fauntleroy's specimens have enabled me to draw up 

 the following additions to the description, and Miss Flockton 

 to usefully supplement the drawing of the species in Plate 

 94 (Grit. Rev.). 



The foliage sub-glaucous, the inflorescence and fruits 

 very glaucous. Mature leaves, — veins very conspicuous. 



Buds elongated pear-shaped, 2 — 3 cm. long, the tapering 

 calyx-tube about 1*5 cm., with the bluntly conoid operculum 

 about 1 cm. long. Four and five in an umbel. 



Filaments pink, contrasting beautifully with the bright 

 yellow anthers. (The precise colour is Vieux Rose. See 

 Dauthenay's "Repertoire des Oouleurs," vol. i, pi. 144, fig.4). 



Pedicels stout, terete, up to 4 cm. long, fruits pendulous, 

 peduncles terete, curved; fruits truncate-ovate in shape, 



