It is common near the Kalgan River. It forms very large 
trees, with white, smooth bark, with grey patches. The timber 
is red and interlocked, and it is a valuable all-round timber. It 
is a Jarrah substitute, e.g., for wheel hubs. Enthusiastic people 
pronounce it to be more durable and even better than Jarrah, 
when used for posts, etc. Its bark is used as a Mallet adulterant. 
28. — E. obcordata (Turcz.). 
This species has been recorded from so few localities that 
specific localities are desirable. 
It is abundant at Hopetoun, where it is the commonest 
Eucalypt near the beach, forming dense masses (thickets) up to 
30 feet in height and with a trunk diameter of 4 inches to a foot. 
It is erect in habit, with smooth bark, a little ribbony at 
butt. 
Timber hard, brown, with a faint blush of pink when quite 
fresh. 
Egg-in-egg-cup buds. Fruit more angled in some than 
others. 
Some of the obcordata in exposed positions at Hopetoun has 
fruits nearly as dipterous as those of E. diptera, Andrews. 
The figure on the right-hand top corner of the “ Eucalypto- 
graphia ” plate of Eucalyptus obcordata is nearly the type of that 
species. 
E. obcordata is known as “ Laurel Gum.” Smooth bark, 
grey streaks, thick round leaf. About 20 feet high. Largest 
about 14 inches through. Usually in dense thickets. “ ‘ Moort ’ 
of the aborigines ” (F. M. Bee, near West Mt. Barren, correspon- 
dent of Dr. A. Morrison). 
It forms a tree of 30-40 feet, with smooth scaly bark, 140 
miles east of Ivalgoorlie, on the Transcontinental Railway Survey, 
collected by Mr. Henry Deane, Consulting Engineer to the 
Commonwealth Government. This brings this species some hund- 
reds of miles further to the east. 
The word “ Maalok ” quoted for this species in “ Eucalypto- 
graphia ” (it might just as well be written “ Marlock ”) is not 
specific. It means a thicket and is used in much the same sense 
as Mallee is used in the Eastern States. There are various 
qualifying adjectives, such as Black, White, etc. 
Var. nutans, Benth. B. FI. III. 235 (E. Nutans, F. v. M.) 
Thin shrub of 6-8 feet growing in small masses but not a 
true Mallee. Filaments of flowers dull crimson, anthers yellow. 
Kundip, 20 miles north of Hopetoun. 
This is the plant figured as obcordata in the “ Eucalypto- 
graphia.” In the original description of E. nutans Mueller de- 
scribes it as “ filamentis rubris ” and it is a beautiful small species 
for a shrubbery. 
