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timber, hence its Gippsland name of "Yellow Stringy bark." The 

 timber is valued for building purposes, being used for flooring, 

 and weatherboards, Ac. It occurs in many places in the coast 

 mountain ranges, both north and south, 



E. siDEROPiiLOiA, Benth., var., glauca var.nov. 



This is the glaucous interior form of the species, which goes 

 under the names of " Blue-leaf Ironbark " (in allusion to its 

 glaucous foliage) and " Broad-leaf Ironbark," in allusion to its 

 broad sucker-leaves. Its operculum is shorter than that of the 

 normal species, but the fruit of var. ylauca and of the type are 

 precisely similar except as regards glaucousness. 



Dubbo district (H. Deane, Nov., 1892; J. V. de Coque and J, 

 L. Boorman, Nov., 1897). This form (from fragments in our 

 possession) will probably be found to have extended range easterly, 

 and more particulaiy northerly of the Dubbo district. 



" Broad-leaf Ironbark." Mr. J. V. de Coque recently drew 

 attention to this tree, and pointed out that its timber is inferior 

 to that of the other Ix'onbarks of the Dubbo district. Its timber 

 is of an inferior quality, both as regards "ringing" and "splitting" 

 (cracking), so much so that the timber-getters never cut it except 

 for rails. Mr. Boorman points out that it grows on slightly 

 elevated lands, and is confined to such situations only. When 

 growing in the forest it can readily be noted by its glaucous 

 appearance. 



The "Blue-leaf Ironbark" is not really different from the 

 pi'eceding, although local people point out differences in breadth 

 and glaucousness of leaves. 



It bears a strong superficial resemblance to a specimen in the 

 National Herbarium, Melbourne (in bud only), collected by 

 Clarendon Stuart in "New England, 1,000-1,500 feet" (New 

 England is never as low as this, so it must have been collected 

 during an ascent). His label further states—" 30-40 feet, bark 

 very rugose and deeply furrowed, flowers light yellow, Mountain 

 Ironbark, No. 128." It bears a label in Mueller's handwriting 

 ^' E. leucoxylon" and is probably the var. pallens of Bentham 



