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GROUP I. E. MACULATA. E. MARGINATA. 
6. E. MACULATA Hooker. 
NATURAL HABITAT, DESCRIPTION, AND USES. 
Species very abundant and at its best on low warm ridges in eastern New 
South Wales, less abundant in Queensland; only slightly represented in Victoria; 
prefers sedimentary formations, but avoids highly siliceous sandstone and slate; 
often associated with E. jianiculata on poor soil. Tree when well grown tall and 
straight with heavy crown of somewhat rigid but beautiful foliage. Dead bark 
non-fibrous, curls off irregularly in patches leaving a surface that is spotted or 
blotched with darker and lighter shades. Specific name suggested by this spotted 
appearance of the bark. Leaves in the juvenile stage together with twigs hairy, 
very broad, often with united basal collar (peltate) at junction of stem or petiole 
with midrib; in the adult tree stage 5in. to 7in. long by lin. or more wide, feather- 
veined, slightly darker and shiny on upper surface. Umbel normally with three 
flowers; stalk and stalklets usually short; lid of bud (operculum) at first double, 
the outer mantle soon falling away, the inner or corolline lid a smooth low dome 
with small central projection; anthers with parallel openings. Ripe seed-cup 
about Min. deep and sometimes a little more in width, striped or grooved longitu¬ 
dinally, contracted towards orifice, which has a slightly recurved rim; valves usually 
3, deeply placed and wholly concealed by rim. Mature wood pale to dark oak- 
colour, fills a great place in timber supply, used for wide range of purposes, but 
not reliable in contact with the ground. 
CULTIVATION IN NEW ZEALAND. 
As an exotic in New Zealand E. maculata has been cut back by frost in the 
seedling and sapling stages as far north as Auckland; but has made promising 
and thrifty growth near Kamo in the Whangarei district. So valuable a tree 
should be given further competent trial in northern localities. Seed should be 
obtained through the Forest Service of New South Wales, with request to collect 
in areas where the trees are subject to low winter temperatures. 
7. E. MARGINATA Smith. 
NATURAL HABITAT, DESCRIPTION, AND USES. 
This species belongs to that fertile but somewhat exclusive tree region, south 
Western Australia, its natural range being latitude 31 to 35, within 10 to 50 miles 
of the sea. It is distributed mainly on hilly country, and yields its most durable 
timber where the ground is hard and rocky. The original forests, which extended 
from north to south 350 miles, contained large areas that were closely covered with 
trees over 100ft. high, and presenting in their tall straight boles an immense wealth 
of almost incomparable timber. The sawn product and boles have been distributed 
to many lands, and the forests are now described as very seriously depleted. The 
dead bark of E. marginata is fibrous and scaly and persists on stem and large 
branches. Leaves in the juvenile stage broad; those of the adult tree about 4m. 
Ions; by lMin. wide. Umbel with several flowers; Stalk /sin. or more long, stalklets 
Min. * lid of bud long and pointed somewhat like that of E. tereticornis ; anthers 
with divergent and connected openings. Ripe seed-cup up to %m. deep and 
