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GROUP II. E. CREBRA. E. DEANEI. 
13. E. CREBRA E. von Mueller. 
NATURAL HABITAT, DESCRIPTION, AND USES. 
This species has its natural home in New South Wales from the lowlands 
westward over the Dividing Range, and in Queensland from south to far north. 
Crebra is the feminine of the Latin adjective creber , which means frequent or 
abundant, and was suggested by the distribution of the species in an immense 
number of localities. E. crebra is one of the true ironbarks and a yielder of first 
grade timber. Tree medium to large, branches often spreading, foliage drooping. 
Dead bark persistent far up the tree, deeply furrowed, very firm, ultimately dark 
in colour. Leaves in juvenile and adult stages not very different; on adult tree 
4in. to 5in. long, narrow, same dull green on both surfaces. Umbel with indefinite 
number of flowers; lid of bud small and acute; anthers with parallel oval openings. 
Ripe seed-cup ?4in. to 3/16in. in diameter; umbels often in compound clusters. 
Mature wood rather dark with tinge of red, hard, strong, durable in any 
situation, much used for work in contact with the ground. 
CULTIVATION IN NEW ZEALAND. 
The extent to which this eminently valuable species can be successfully 
cultivated in New Zealand remains to be ascertained by competent experiment. 
A few thrifty young specimens are already growing in this country. They are 
all in localities where the climatic conditions are mild. So far as it goes, the 
evidence encourages further trials; but no experiment will be valid unless seed 
is obtained from certified and approved trees in a cool part of the natural habitat. 
14. E. DEANEI Maiden. 
NATURAL HABITAT, DESCRIPTION, AND USES. 
The species has its natural home on the coastal tablelands and uplands of New 
South Wales and southern Queensland. In northern New South Wales the trees 
are very numerous and often of large dimensions. Some trees are short in the stem 
with a drooping and scrambling habit of the branches; others run up to a great 
height before they branch, and thus furnish long clean logs for the sawmills. Many 
specimens are very ornamental. The dead bark, which is non-fibious, may peisist 
for a few feet near the ground on old trees; otherwise it falls away from stem 
and branches. The newly exposed living bark has a silky sheen and is furthei 
remarkable for a colouring that is described as bluish, purplish, or sometimes 
brown. Leaves in the juvenile stage already stalked, round or oval with pointed 
apex, 2in. to 3in. in diameter, suggestive of pear tree or black poplar leaves; in 
the adult tree stage about 5in. long, nearly parallel-veined, balanced or 
with upper surface presented to the light and shiny, the under surface being dull 
Umbel with indefinite number of flowers; stalk ^sin. to / 2 in., stalklets /8in., li 
of bud low with small central projection; anthers with longitudinal and nearly 
parallel openings. Ripe seed-cup 3/16in. to Min. in depth and width, often 3-celled, 
tips of open valves a little above rim. Mature wood red, easily worked, durable; 
similar to that of E. saligna and probably of equal merit. 
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