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In spite of the reckless extravagance with which this timber has been cut, it 
is hv no means scarce, especially in some localities, a few miles from the coast. 
While it is a very slow-growing tree, there is some consolation in the fact that it 
usually grows in barren, rocky country unsuitable for agriculture, and therefore 
wholesale clearings arc not made as in the case with many other timbers. At the 
same time it does not readily reafforest. 
Victoria. 
Mr. A. W. Howitt says this is the only ironbark in Victoria although 
E. leucoxylon (with its white bark and hard timber), is often known as White 
Ironbark. 
The chief localities for its growth are Bendigo, Maryborough, Dunolly, Moliagul, Inglewood, 
Bealiba, Heathcote, M’lvor, and Chiltern, and several other places in small quantities; also in certain 
places in mining centres in Gippsland, Walhalla, and other places.—(G. Perrin.) 
Queensland. 
Darling Downs and the mountainous country adjoining New England (New 
South Wales). 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 49. 
A. An original specimen in flower collected by Allan Cunningham. 
b. Seedling raised from seed collected at Stuart Town, N.S.W. 
c. Natural seedling from Condobolin, N.S.W. 
d. Fruits from Condobolin Hill (whence the preceding seedling was obtained). Observe the 
warts frequently seen on the fruits of this species. 
E. Fruits from Cootamundra to Grenfell. 
F. Fruits from Cabramat'a, near Sydney. All the above are E. sideroxylon, A. Gunn. 
The following are E. leucoxylon, F.v.M., for comparison, 
u. Seedling from seed obtained at Mount Lofty, S.A. 
11 . Pair of juvenile leaves from Kapunda, S.A. 
K. Pair of juvenile leaves, a stage further advanced, from the same place. 
