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GROUP III. E. MACRORRHYNCHA. E. MELLIODORA. 
appropriate as E. goniocalyx and one or two other species have leaves of much 
greater length. E. longifolia will be most easily determined by its flowers an 
fruits. Umbel usually 3-flowered, stalk or peduncle Min. to lin., stalkiets or 
pedicels Min. Lid of bud long and beak-like, turning rich yellow as the bud 
becomes plump and mature; anthers with longitudinal and parallel openings. 
Ripe seed-cup on some trees up to Min. or more in depth and /sm. m width, 
usually with broad bevel below rim and often with sharp flange below bevel; 
valves wholly below rim; seed-cup sometimes angular. Mature wood dark led, 
not so strong as ironbark, but very durable in any situation; largely milled along 
the south coast of New South Wales as redwood. 
CULTIVATION IN NEW ZEALAND. 
In the Auckland seaboard area E. longifolia has grown to a millable size in 
30 to 40 years. Farther inland, as at “Trecarne” near Cambridge, its rate of 
growth has been much slower. Its profitable range in New Zealand will 
probably be restricted to warm and sheltered coastal localities north of about 
latitude 38. Seed should be obtained from competently selected trees in south¬ 
eastern New South Wales and in Victoria. 
34. E. MACRORRHWNCHA F. von Mueller. 
NATURAL HABITAT, DESCRIPTION, AND USES. 
Species very widely distributed in eastern Australia, but not near the sea. 
Tree small to medium in size. Dead bark stringy; persistent on stem and large 
branches. Leaves in juvenile stage, already stalked, notched at edges, and together 
with twigs sometimes studded with tufts of minute hairs. Adult tree leaves up to 
5in or 6in. long, rather thick, of same green on both surfaces. Umbel with 
several flowers; stalk Min., stalkiets Min. or less; lid of bud rather long and 
pointed, whence specific name which means big-beaked; anthers with divergent 
openings. Ripe seed-cup Min. to Min. wide with strikingly domed or convex rim, 
nearly always 3-celled, valves when open protruding and claw-like. Mature 
wood pale-coloured, or sometimes with tinge of red, of medium quality. 
CULTIVATION IN NEW ZEALAND. 
Specimens noted in Hawke’s Bay and other parts of the North Island 
healthy, but nowhere of sufficient size and promise to warrant further planting of 
the species in this country, unless on a small scale in botanical arboreta. 
35. E. MELLIODORA A. Cunningham. 
NATURAL HABITAT, DESCRIPTION, AND USES. 
This species is very widely distributed on both lowlands and uplands in 
eastern Australia, but always well removed from the seaboard. It nowhere forms 
pure forests but is seen either mingled with other trees or thinly scattered over 
open grasslands. Many of the specimens in open situations carry densely branched 
crowns clothed with abundant drooping foliage and are exceedingly beautiful. 
Those associated with other trees reach heights up to 70ft. or 80ft., and diameters 
sometimes up to 2ft. The dead bark is scaly, sub-fibrous, and usually persistent 
