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The Queensland Naturalist. 
May, 1924 
youii^* tr.ees the* hark is not ttvsselated, but sub-bbrous 
and dark ^-rey. and extends to the leafy branches. 2. E. 
tesselaris (Moreton Bay Ash). 
Trunk usually sniootli to tlie base. Species 2-7. 
Trunk marked with indentations like bullet marks, 
d. E. maculata (Spotted (tuiu). 
Trunk marked always (?) with seribbly brown lines. 
4. E. micrantha (Seribbly (Jum). 
Tiuidv rather u'lossy, mark(*d witli larp:e red, blue or 
yr(\v> h j>aU4ies. primary coppice* shoots (juadranenlai’. 
With leav('s very broadly ovat(' 4-4 inches lon.tr. and 
mosll\' over two incties wide; s(‘(*ondary copjiiee leaves 
lar; 2 '<'- up t(t 10 inclu's lon^- and o\'er three* inches wide*; 
cap of flowei- bud (‘ion^'ate'd, {-i inch lon^\ rim of seed 
vessel altout 1 line vah'.es })romine*ntly protruding. 
5. E. tereticornis (Blue Cxum). 
Trunk usually dull, marked wit h larn'e h'aden 
grey patches, or for tlie most ])art dull ieaden-grey 
in colour, coppice leave*s 2-5 inedies long, 1-2 inches wide, 
ea]) of flower bud 1-2 liiies long. (*one-shaped. capsule 
without a high rim, valves protuding. b. E. propin- 
qua (Clrey Gum). 
Trunk usually as in E. propinqua, . cot)pice 
leaves. narrenv. mostly less than an inch in 
width. varying considerably in length, cap of 
flowe'i* bud elongale'd, mostly about i ine-h long, rarely 
shorter: eaj).sule valves i^rotrndiug. rim variable. 7. 
E. Seeana (Narrow-leaved Grey Gum). 
Group 2 — Boxes. 
Bark dark grey, sid)-fibrous, mueh iulerloeked the 
outer t)arts often shed in loose scab's or patches. 
Trc(* with ly])ical I)ox hark on truidv, aiid basal part 
of main hranclu's; lu'anclu's and hranclilcts smooth, the 
shed bark often hanging down in long ribbons from th.e 
forks. M. E- hemiphloia (Gum'toi)p,ed Box). 
Group 3.- — Stringybarks. 
Bark very filtrous, persistent (ui trunk aiul branch(*s, 
yollow. brown, or reddish, or ageing to grey, often black- 
ened l)y fire. Species 9-16. 
Seed ea]>snles 1 ineh long. ^-1 inch in diameter^ 
usually strongly ribbed (veined), ribs Kimi)le or forked- 
9. E. Planchoniana (Blanchon’s Stringybark). 
