462 ON THE EUCALYPTS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 



(B.Fl. iii. 210). Ample botanical material is desirable of these 

 aberrant forms; at the same time it is not suggested for a moment 

 that there are not two glaucous species, the stamens and stigma 

 of E. sideroj)hloia and E. leucoxylon (sideroxylon) being very 

 difierent. 



E. GONIOCALYX, F.V.M. 



(Plate xli., figs. 1-3.) 



In this colony this species is sometimes known as "Yellow 

 Gum," owing to the yellowish cast of the foliage (especially when 

 young), of the bark, and of the timber (particularly when fi'esh). 

 There are several so-called " Yellow Gums " in New South Wales, 

 but they must not be confused with the "Yellow^ Box" or 

 "Yellow Jacket" [E. melliodora), sometimes called "Apple" 

 at Orange, it being confused with E. Stuartiana. It is known 

 as " Bundy " at Burraga and Rockley, according to Mr. R. H. 

 Cambage. 



It is usually found in gullies — bottoms or sides — and prefers 

 good soil. It attains a diameter of 6 feet, and with 80 or 90 feet 

 of barrel. Its timber has been passed both for Tallow Wood {E. 

 microcorys) and Box (^E. hemphloia), but it more closely resembles 

 the foi-mer. It is very hard when dry, and nails do not readily 

 drive in it; hence it is not so well liked for building purposes as 

 some softer but inferior timbers. It stands well in the ground. 

 A corresjjondent informs us that he is again using some posts of 

 this timber which have been in the ground for 30 years. 



E. goniocalyx is found on the southern and western spurs of 

 the Dividing Range. In a stunted form (as " Bundy ") it occurs 

 on hills as far west as Mudgee and Bathurst, but in the Blue 

 Mountains and on the southern line north as far as Hill Top it is 

 a magnificent tree. 



In Woolls' " Contribution to the Flora of Australia," p. 230, he 

 speaks of E. Stuartiana, var. longifolia, as the " Yellow Gum " of 

 Wingecarribbee " and other parts of the interior " (sic). 

 " This gum bears some resemblance to the Grey Gum and Hickory 

 of the County of Cumberland," The former w^as called by Sir 

 William Macarthur "Yellow Gum of Berrima," and is E. gonio- 



