408 R. H. CAMBAGE. 



the siliceous soils of the forests of tropical Queensland, 

 and is probably E. dichromophloia F.v.M. It usually 

 occurs on ridges and hill slopes but seems to avoid rich 

 alluvial flats, though it was noticed on some gravelly low 

 land. It has a somewhat flaky reddish bark all over the 

 trunk, while the branches are usually smooth and often pale 

 red. The fruits as examined over a very wide area, are 

 urceolate, from about 1*2 to 1*5 cm. long, by 9 mm. to 1*2 

 cm. in diameter, with thin rims slightly expanded at the 

 orifice to about 5 to 7 mm. across, and slender pedicels of 

 about 4 to 5 mm. long. The seeds terminate in a wing or 

 samara 4 to 5 mm. long, by 2 to 3 mm. broad. The timber 

 is reddish-brown. Neither flowers nor buds were procured. 



The species was seen at intervals most of the way from 

 Mareeba to Normanton where it is growing near the 

 artesian bore in the town ; also on the Cretaceous sandstone 

 ridges near Donors Hills on the road to Oloncurry. Speci- 

 mens of this species were collected at Prairie, east of 

 Hughenden, and at Bogantungan, about 220 miles west of 

 Rockhampton. The species showed practically no varia- 

 tion over the whole of the area in which it was examined, 

 and in some respects agrees with the description of E. 

 terminalis F.v.M., except that the fruits of the latter are 

 described as slightly longer and less urceolate. It is quite 

 distinct from E. corymbose^ and appears to be the species 

 referred to by P. A. O'Shanesy 1 and J. E. Tenison-Woods 

 as E. terminalis.' 1 



There is apparently no question but that this Red Blood- 

 wood is the species referred to by Leichhardt as Rusty-gum. 

 On page 21 (Overland Expedition) he writes that when on 

 clayey sandstone country on Dogwood Creek, south of the 



i "Mora of Queensland/' by P. A. O'Shanesy, f.l.s., (1880). 

 2 " Botanical Notes on Queensland/' by Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods. f.g.s. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. vn, (1882), p. 333. 



