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Bent's Basin, Nepean River (E. Cheel and J. L. Boorman) ; Valley Heights, 
Blue Mountains (A. A. Hamilton) ; Mount Irvine (Jesse Gregson). 
Cowan Creek, Hawkesbury River (W. F. Blakely) ; Wiseman's Ferry (A. L. 
Blackshaw) ; " Hickory " trees 1-3 feet in diameter, very tall and straight, Matcham's 
Brush, Erina (A. Murphy) ; Walkivory Creek, Gloucester ( J.H.M.) ; The Bulga (E. F. 
Rudder; G. F. Hill); 15-25 feet, with a trunk diameter of 1 foot, bark smooth, timber 
hard and heavy and used for pick-handles, and for other work requiring toughness, 
Wingham, Manning River (J. L. Boorman) ; Wauchope {W. D. Goodacre) ; " I have seen 
them as small trees of 12-25 feet, large trees near permanent water, dwarf bushes in 
exposed situations," Port Macquarie ( J. L. Boorman) ; Urunga (Forester A. H. Lawrence) ; 
overhanging, spreading tree, grey bark, on river bank, Bellinger (E. H. F. Swain); 
on the banks of the Bellinger, 2 feet 6 inches in diameter ; some fine trees also in moist 
situations in the Dorrigo Forest Reserve (Beilsdown and other creeks), also, in the same 
reserve, a very small-leaved form that might casually be mistaken for T. neriifolia 
(J.H.M.) ; tall trees of 30-60 feet, scaly bark, tips of branches pale yellow ; found in 
all the watercourses of the North Coast district, Coramba, Orara River ( J. L. Boorman) ; 
trees of 20-30 feet, much branched ; bed of Clarence River at Tabulam ( J. L. Boorman) ; 
Copmanhurst, Clarence River (Rev. H. M. H. Rupp) ; " Mountain Water Gum," 
"Mountain Hickory," Wyong (Forester F. C. McPherson); Casino, Richmond River 
(Forester L. C. Irby). 
QUEENSLAND. 
Little Nerang Creek (C. T. White). Mr. Bailey, in his "Queensland Flora," 
simply says " Southern localities." 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 262. 
A. Flowering twig. 
B. Flower showing : 
(a) calyx, 
(b) ovary. 
c. Flower in section showing : 
(a) calyx, 
(b) petal, 
(c) a staminal bundle of from 15 to 20 stamens. 
D. Fruits (natural size). 
E. Obovoid capsule protruding from calyx (enlarged). 
F. Obovoid capsule after dehiscence. 
G. Oblong, flat, winged seeds. 
H. Anther, back and front \iew. 
PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION. 
Water Gum, 16 feet in circumference at three feet from the ground, near 
Ellenborough Falls, via Wingham. (G. S. Hill, jjhoto.) 
