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Size . —A tall and a large tree, on an average, say 80 feet in height, with a 
stem diameter of 2-3 feet. 
On the Bulldog Hill, 3,000 feet (between the Timbarra and Clarence Rivers), it attains a diameter 
of at least 8 feet, and the height of large trpes is most likely from 150 to 180 feet. Here it consorts with 
true Blackbutts (E. jnhihwis), and Forest Oaks (Casuarina torulosa), which, even at times, rise 100 feet, and 
50 or 60 feet without a branch.—(E. C. Andrews.) 
Writing from Drake to Mr. Cambage, Mr. Andrews says:— 
One tree we measured 20 feet in circumference, about 80 to 100 feet to first limb, and from 150 to 
180 feet high (guess). Another, 23 feet circumference, 170 feet high (?). Another we measured 25 ft. Gin. 
round butt (4 feet above ground). Blackbutt top, but about 150 feet high then. I suppose there were 
from 50 to 100 from 18 to 20 and 21 feet in circumference. 
Habitat. —Plentiful in many parts of New England, N.S.W. 
The species seems to attain its greatest size around Tingha. Plentiful on belts of porphyritic 
felsite.—(R. H. Cambage.) 
Grows generally on granitic soils, but it frequently occurs on the junction of basaltic soils with those 
of poorer formation.—(W. Christie.) 
North and east of Tingha (about 2,700 feet above sea-level), and on the roads to Inverell and 
Guyra.—(R. H. Cambage, J. H. M.) 
Howell.—(J. L. Boorman, and J. H. M.) 
Following are New England localities :— 
Wilson’s Downfall, Undercliffe, Great Dividing Range west of Bolivia and Deepwater. From the 
10-mile to the 25-mile pegs along the Glen Innes-Grafton road. Along the Glen Innes-Glen Elgin track, 
Kingsgate, Oban, Tingha, Drake, Glen Innes to Inverell road, &c., etc. Broadly, it selects the high 
rocky table-lands of New England, especially the eastern edge (if rocky and poor soil like granite), and 
also the large mesas which extend easterly of the mesas proper, as, for example, that large block of high 
land, 50 miles in length, between the Rocky (Timbarra) and Clarence Rivers.—(E. C. Andrews.) 
It extends to Queensland. 
The following specimens belong, in my opinion, to E. Andrewsi: The 
Peppermint of Maiden’s Dorrigo Report; summit of Mount Seaview and adjacent 
mountains; Tenterlield district; “White Limb” of Glen Innes; “Peppermint,” 
Cohark, on high ground (A. Rudder) ; Upper Williams River (A. Rudder) ; 
Moore’s Reef, on top of hill going to the Hole. Tree in general appearance very 
much like E. piperita. Of this tree it is said:— 
Height, about 120 feet; diameter, about 3 feet, with spreading and irregular smooth upper branches 
to size of man’s leg. Soil stony, with blackish mould. 11/10/93.—(A. Rudder.) 
Propagation. —From seed. It is a useful addition to the list of species 
capable of withstanding a considerable amount of winter cold. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 79. 
A. Sucker leaves from Drake (E. C. Andrews, 1904). 
B. Flowering twig. 
c. Small buds from Tingha (R. H. Cambage, 16/10/03). 
d. Fruits. 
Three photographs of the tree at Wilson’s Downfall (E. C. Andrews). 
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