BY R. H. CAMBAGE. 699 



gentle pressure. So far as I know, the most northern tree of this 

 species is about three miles north of Mount Coree.* 



Eucalyptus fastiyata is very plentiful along the mountain sides 

 under C'oree and Tidbinbilla, and as its trunk and large branches 

 are covered with fibrous, brown bark, it is, in contradistinction 

 to the White Ash, called Black Mountain Ash. Its great affinity 

 with the giant gumtree of Victoria, E. regnans F.v.M., is well 

 known, and since E. fasiigatawa^s described by Deane & Maiden, 

 the latter has expressed the view that it is only a form of the 

 former.! At the same time, it appears as a distinct tree when 

 seen in the forest, for while the Victorian and Tasmanian repre- 

 sentatives of E. regnans are tall gumtrees with fibrous bark for 

 only 10 or 20 feet at the base, E. fastiyata. wherever it has been 

 seen over its wide range in this State, has fibrous bark on its 

 trunk and large branches. 



E. dives and E. maculosa are often found in association, and 

 both will thrive in soils heavily charged with iron. 



E. macrorrhyyicha (Red Stringybark) is not uncommon, and 

 with E. Juemastoma (Brittle Gum), and a few trees of Exocarpus 

 cnpi-essi/ormis (Wild Cherry), takes possession of the higher por- 

 tions of the Black Mountain, all three being lovers of a siliceous 

 formation. 



Eucalyptiis j^ohjanthemos {Ked Box) is fairly common through- 

 out the lower levels, and is the form (E. ovalifolia R. T. Baker) 

 with smooth gum-tree bark, except that, in many cases, the bark 

 is flaky for a few feet at the base, and as forest-trees are dis- 

 similar to the rough-barked ]led Box of Victoria and around 

 Albury. The great lasting qualities of Red Box posts are well 

 known throughout the Federal Territory. 



E. elceophora {E. Cambagei, Mountain- Apple, No. 3000) occurs 

 at various points, and around Tharwa and Booroomba appeared 

 almost white in November, with its intensely glaucous fruits 

 and branchlets. 



* For previous remarks ou this species under the name of E. ddeyateusis, 

 occurring near Tumbarumba, see These Proceedings, 1904, Vol. xxix., 

 p,690. 



t See "A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus," by J, H. Alaiden, 

 Part vii. (1905). 



