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The natives when travelling in search of water, on finding the tree, usually cut off a large piece of 
thp hark to nerve as a dish, which they place at the foot of the tree, leaving the broken roots to drain into 
it, whiUt tlwv smoke a pipe or light a fire. The root, on being broken, presents to view innumerable minute 
pores, through which the water exudes most copiously; from a pint to a quart of pure water being 
procurable from a root of 20 to 30 foot long. 
Other references to the .subject are : W. B. Clarke, Proc. Roy. Soc. N.8.W., x, 
179 ; Magarey, Rep. Aust. Assoc. Adv. Science, vi, 64. 
Quite recently I have received herbarium .specimens (including bark and timber) 
of this species from a trained observer, viz., Dr. Herbert Basedow, from Murat Bay, 
South Australia, where he nays it is known as " Red Mallee," and the reddish cast of 
the bark specimens certainly justifies the name. He points out that the late Mr. Tom 
Brown drew attention to the water-bearing capacity of this Mallee in western South 
Australia. 
Aboriginal Names.- " Gi-lja" of the natives of Murat Bay, South Australia 
(J. M. Black); " Mirret " of those of the East Goldfielcls (Kurrawang), Western Australia 
(C. B. Lane Poole). ''Ngarru" and "Dillya" are aboriginal names in the same 
district, according to Dr. Basedow. The latter is the same name as that quoted by 
Mr. Black. 
S.-jfc'. lamprocarpa F.v.M., E. MueUeri Miq., E. glvmerata Tausch, 
E. incrassata Labill. var. dwnosa F.v.M. 
For particulars of the first three, see my " Critical Revision of the Genus 
Eucalyptus," Part IV, p. 98. 
The question as to whether E. dumosa is specifically different from E. incrassata 
Labill. is still, in my view, an open one, and botanists can reasonably hold different 
opinions on the point, At Part IV and Part XXXVIII of my " Critical Revision of 
the Genus Eucalyptus" I have stated the case both ways, and have submitted all the 
evidence available to me. Bentham looked upon the species as distinct; Mueller held a 
contrary view. The type of E. incrassata is missing, but it may turn up some day. 
Bark. Speaking of the photograph (reproduced) from the head of the Kurrawang 
WIMHI Line, 82 miks from Kurrawang, Kalgoorlie district, Western Australia, Mr. 
C. E. Lane Poole says : ' This tree is remarkable for the way in which its bark strips. 
As will be seen from the photograph, it detaches itself in ribbons from the bole, and 
thus hangs in long streamers from the upper branches. It grows to quite a large tree, 
but I was unfortunate in not being able to get it photographed in anything but young 
growth. In the large trees the ribbons of bark hang down from the crown and give 
the tree a very extraordinary appearance. The clean stem is of a very bright white 
colour, and, growing as it does in the Morrell country (Eastern Goldfields) is very 
conspicuous." 
Timber.-This is usually not a timber tree, although its massive stock or 
is a common article of fuel. Its stem or stems are too small to be used as 
R sapwood is white, and the remainder of the wood is brown or reddish- 
shade or another, but usually toning down to a brown with age 
