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E COSMOPHYLLA TO E. DECIPIENS. 
leaves lanceolate; venation very fine; inflores¬ 
cence a large compound terminal cluster or 
corymb; buds large, with smooth dome-like lids; 
seed-cups large, urn-shaped, (12-20 x 10-18 
mm.). Timber reddish, durable under ground. 
Coast districts of V., N.S.W., Q. (See Group i. 
4.) 
E. cosmophylla: F. von Mueller. C.R. 
Pt. xxi. 16; Yol. iii. 16. 
A smooth barked tree of medium size; the 
bark usually falling off in irregular patches; 
juvenile leaves broad; adult leaves lanceolate- 
falcate, to broad lanceolate; seed-cups bell¬ 
shaped, large, (10-15 x 12-20 mm.). Timber 
red, unimportant. S.A. 
E. crebra: F. von Mueller. C.R. Pt. 
xii. 63; Vol. ii.. 63. 
A tall tree with drooping branches. Bark 
very deeply furrowed, hard and persistent; 
juvenile leaves very narrow, slightly glaucous; 
seed-cups very small, (5-6 x 4-5 mm.). Timber 
red, hard and interlocked. One of the best; 
prefers a heavy soil. Q., N.S.W. (See Group 
ii. 13.) 
E. crucis: Maiden. C.R. Pt. lix. 
514; Vol. vi. 514; Pt. lxix. 403; 
Vol. vii. 403. 
A slender glaucous, small tree or sometimes 
forming Mallee-like clump. Bark deciduous in 
thin flakes, leaving the stem smooth; juvenile 
leaves glaucous, cordate to elliptical, remaining 
in the opposite stage for two or three years or 
more; seed-cups basin-shaped with convex rim, 
valves prominent, medium, (10 x 12 mm.). 
Sand plains, W.A. 
E. Culleni: R. H. Cambage. C.R. Pt. 
xlviii. 233; Vol. v. 233. 
A medium-sized tree, with a hard deeply fur¬ 
rowed bark (a typical Ironbark). Leaves nar¬ 
row-lanceolate ; seed-cups small, rounded-cla- 
vate, pedicels long. Timber red, hard and dur¬ 
able. N.Q. 
E, cylindrifiora : Maiden & Blakely. 
C.R. Pt. lxix. 411; Vol. vii. 411. 
A white Mallee; near E. erythronema. 
Juvenile leaves spathulate; adult leaves narrow- 
lanceolate; buds cylindrical, 1.5 cm. long; 
filaments or stamens yellowish; seed-cups tube¬ 
like, 1 cm. long. On loam flats. W.A. 
E. Dalrympleana: Maiden. C.R. Pt. 
xlix. 268; Vol. v. 268. 
A massive White Gum, with blotched, more 
or less short, scaly bark on trunk; juvenile 
leaves sessile, broad, ovate to orbicular; adult 
leaves long, lanceolate, undulate; buds in threes, 
somewhat similar to those of E. viltlinalis. 
Seed-cups small, with protruding valves, (7x8 
mm.). Timber pale, light, durable. Mountain 
Ranges, V., N.S.W., T. (See Group v. 59.) 
E. Dawsoni: R. T. Baker. C.R. Pt. 
xlii. 56; Vol. v. 56. 
A medium-sized tree with moderately smooth 
bark which falls away in thin lenticular flakes; 
seed-cups cone-shaped, very small, (6x5 mm.) ; 
somewhat similar to E. polyantheitlOS in all 
botanical characters. Rare. N.S.W. 
E. dealbata: A. Cunningham. C.R. 
Pt. xxxii. 47; Vol. iv. 47. 
A somewhat scraggy, small tree with rough 
bark on trunk, smooth on branches or falling 
away in small flakes or short ribbons; leaves 
glaucous; seed-cups glaucous, hemispherical, 
very small, valves prominent, (5x6 mm.). 
Timber red, brittle. N.S.W., Q. 
E. Deanei: Maiden. C.R. Pt. xxiv. 
63; Vol. iii. 63. 
A large forest tree up to 200 feet; bark usu¬ 
ally smooth except on lower part of trunk. It 
is closely allied to E. saligna, but may be dis¬ 
tinguished from it by the orbicular juvenile 
leaves; seed-cups very small, bell-shaped, (5x5 
mm.). Timber red, durable. Mountain ranges, 
N.S.W., Q. (See Group ii. 14.) 
E. de Beuzevillei: Maiden. C.R. Pt. 
xlvii. 190; Vol. v. 190. 
A large White Gum; bark smooth or some¬ 
what flaky at butt; juvenile leaves glaucous, 
large, orbicular to cordate; adult leaves lanceo¬ 
late; buds compressed-angular, sessile; seed- 
cups medium, angular, sub-globose, (10 x 12 
mm.). Timber pale. An alpine species, grow¬ 
ing at an elevation of 5,400 feet. N.S.W. 
E. decipiens: Endlicher. C.R. Pt. 
xiv. 149; Vol. ii. 149; Pt. xlvi. 
182; Vol. v. 182. 
A small spreading tree, 30-50 feet high, with 
Box-like, persistent bark; juvenile leaves orbicu¬ 
lar, emarginate; adult leaves narrow-lanceolate; 
buds sessile, rostrate; seed-cups sessile, globular, 
valves protruding, (5x9 mm.). Timber red, 
soft. Limestone formation, near Fremantle, 
W.A. 
