133 
E. BANCROFTI TO E. BICOST AT A. 
linear; buds bullet-shaped, small; seed-cups 
small (5x6 mm.), valves protruding, needle- 
pointed. Timber deep red, hard, heavy. Dry 
parts of N.S.W., Q. 
E. Bancroft!: Maiden. C.R. Pt. xxxi. 
14; Vol. iv. 14. 
A large tree, bark usually smooth, blotched, 
falling away in irregular patches, foliage often 
coarse; buds bullet-shaped; seed-cups top¬ 
shaped, small to medium, valves protruding, 
(6-9 x 9-11 mm.). Timber soft and somewhat 
brittle. North Coast districts of N.S.W., S.Q. 
E. Banksii: Maiden. C.R. Pt. xxiv. 
74; Vol. iii. 74. 
A large tree up to 100 feet; bark fuzzy at 
base, persistent; juvenile leaves sessile, orbicu¬ 
lar to cordate; adult leaves lanceolate; seed- 
cups small, sessile, (5x6 mm.). Timber pale, 
hard, durable. N.S.W., Q. 
x E. Barmedmanensis : Maiden. C.R. 
Pt. liii. 108; Vol. vi. 108. 
“A supposed natural hybrid,” allied to E. 
sideroxylon and E. melliodora. Buds with 
conical lids; seed-cups urn-shaped, (6x7 mm.). 
Rare. Barmedman, N.S.W. 
E. Baueriana: Schauer. C.R. Pt. xiii. 
120; Vol. ii. 120; Pt. xlii. 62; Vol. 
v. 62; Pt. lxi. 16; Vol. vii. 16. 
A medium-sized tree, with a rounded head of 
dense foliage. Rough greyish or dark soft bark 
on trunk and ultimate branchlets. Juvenile 
leaves orbicular to broadly lanceolate; adult 
leaves ovate; buds small, clavate; seed-cups 
conoid, (8x7 mm.). Timber reddish, hard, 
durable. V., N.S.W., Q. 
E. Baxteri: (Bentham) Maiden & 
Blakely. C.R. Pt. lxx. 
Vol. vii. 
A small to medium-sized Stringybark; juve¬ 
nile leaves broadly elliptical; adult leaves usu¬ 
ally broadly and obliquely lanceolate; buds 
clavate, rough; seed-cups rather large, hemis¬ 
pherical to sub-globose, (12-15 x 10-12 mm.). 
Timber pale, durable. V., S.A. 
E. Behriana: F. von Mueller. C.R. 
Pt. x. 335; Vol. i. 335. 
A tall shrub or small tree up to 20-30 feet 
and more, with one or two dozen stems of 3 to 
4 inches in diameter springing from one root. 
Bark always smooth and of a dark oily-looking 
green. Reaves broad; buds small, sessile, seed- 
cups small, (5-7 x 5-4 mm.). Dry parts of V., 
N.S.W. 
E. Benthami: Maiden & Cambage. 
C.R. Pt. xxix. 188; Vol. iii. 188. 
A large White Gum, 60-100 feet high, dia¬ 
meter up to 6 feet with more or less flaky bark 
at butt; juvenile leaves slightly glaucous, ovate- 
lanceolate ; adult leaves lanceolate; buds glau¬ 
cous, slightly urn-shaped; seed-cups very small, 
urceolate to nearly bell-shaped, (5x5 mm.). 
Timber pale, fissile, fairly hard. Nepean Val¬ 
ley, N.S.W. 
E. Beyeri: R. T. Baker. C.R. Pt. 
xlviii. 235; Vol. v. 235. 
A typical Ironbark, up to 100 feet high, with 
deeply furrowed, very hard, lead-coloured bark, 
permeated with kino (gum). Leaves narrow, 
glaucous; seed-cups usually larger than in E. 
crebra (6x5 mm.). Timber brown to red¬ 
dish-brown, very durable. Rare. N.S.W. 
E. biangularis: Simmonds. C.R. Pt. 
lxviii. 382; Vol. vii. 382. 
A supposed natural hybrid; reputed parents, 
E. globulus and E. urnigera. A tree 40-100 
feet high, with the botanical characters of the 
above species; cultivated in New Zealand; prob¬ 
ably of Tasmanian origin. Buds in threes; 
seed-cups medium, strongly biangular, orifice 
crater-like. 
E. bicolor: A. Cunningham. C.R. Pt. 
xi. 6; Vol. ii. 6; Pt. xlvii. 209; 
Vol. v. 209. 
A moderately large tree, with pendulous, more 
or less smooth branches, and dark rough, per¬ 
sistent bark on trunk; leaves narrow lanceolate, 
somewhat glaucous; buds and seed-cups very 
small; cups pear-shaped, (4-5 x 3-4 mm.). 
Timber red, hard, durable. Dry parts of V., 
S.A., N.S.W., Q. 
E. bicostata: Maiden, Blakely and 
Simmonds. C.R. Pt. lxxi. ; 
Vol. viii. 
A Blue Gum, 40-150 feet high, bark smooth 
bluish, decorticating in strips or flakes; juve¬ 
nile leaves large, very glaucous, opposite, sessile, 
ovate-cordate to broad-lanceolate; adult leaves 
deep green, falcate-lanceolate, often very long; 
buds sessile, usually in threes, warty, bicostate, 
when young subtended by broad, thin, connate 
deciduous bracts; seed-cups turbinate to nearly 
globular, with a conspicuous disc, moderately 
smooth, two-ribbed, (12-17 x 14-20 mm.). Tim¬ 
ber pale, close grained, hard, durable. N.S.W., 
V., in rich soil, frequently on limestone ridges 
surrounded by high hills. 
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