456 ox THE EUCALYPTS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 



Fruits. — Smaller than the preceding, reminding one of those 

 of E. microtheca, but the calyx less hemispherical. Valves well 

 exserted. Pedicels on the average as long as the fruits; the 

 common peduncle also much longer than that of either of the 

 preceding forms. 



Jiange. — l^ew England (Walcha and Glen Innes districts). 



E. RUBiDA, sp.nov. — "Candle-bark." 



(Plate xl.) 



Vernacular names. — Known as " Flooded Gum " at Quean- 

 beyan, Michelago, Cooma; sometimes known as " Bastard White 

 Gum," " Ribbony Gum," and "Drooping Gum." The name 

 " Candle-bark " in use in the Queanbeyan district is in refei'ence 

 to its smooth and glaucous trunk; it is very desci'iptive of the 

 tree as seen in much of its range and might be adopted for the 

 vernacular, as the others are already appropriated. It has 

 usually reddish or plum-coloured patches on the bark, hence the 

 occasional name of " Spotted Gum." Sometimes the bark is, 

 however, of a yellowish cast (the tips of the twigs being also 

 yellowish) and hence, between Goulburn and Moss Vale, it is one 

 of the trees known in the district as " Yellow Gum." We have 

 also noticed the species to have a yellowish bark between Dele- 

 gate and Bombala, while a label in the National Herbarium, 

 Melbourne, shows that the species at St. Vincent's Gulf, S.A., is 

 also known as "Yellow Gum." 



Bark. — Perfectly smooth for the most part, the outer layer 

 of bark falling off in ribbons. The "bole and limbs very white, 

 as if whitewashed" (A. W. Howitt, referring to Gippsland trees). 

 The name "Candle-bark" is also excellentl}' descriptive of the 

 appearance of the bark in the most southern parts of this Colony 

 and in north-eastern Victoria. 



It frequently exhibits reddish or plum-coloured patches (hence 

 the specific name); this is a colour rarely, if ever, seen in E. 

 viminalis. Sometimes {e.g., Adaminaby to Cooma) the colour of 

 the bark, especially of the branches, may be described as pale 



