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E. sideroxyJon is also rare to the east of Cootamundra except 

 in some isolated coast spots, the elevation being too great for it. 

 Its eastern boundary, south of the Macquarie, corresponds very 

 nearly with that of E. Woollsiana. It also extends into Victoria at 

 least as far as Chiltern, showing little or no variation. The other 

 Victorian tree, known as E. leucoxylon, F.v.M., though having a 

 smooth white bark and yellowish wood, is thought by some to be 

 the same species as the New South Wales E. sideroxylon, but the 

 distinct difference in both bark and timber seems to me sufficient 

 to show that they are separable, notwithstanding a considerable 

 similarity in the fruits. So far I have not met with any trees 

 showing a decided gradation from one species to the other, those 

 which have come under my notice in the forests being either 

 typical Ironbarks or Gums. 



E. Cambagei is a species extending over a considerable area on 

 the highlands of New South Wales and in Victoria, though in 

 the latter State it is also found almost down to sea-level, which is 

 probably another instance of the effect of southern latitudes. In 

 the Mudgee, and Bathurst to Goulburn districts it is seldom found 

 below an altitude of 2,000 feet above sea-level, though near 

 Cootamundra it is growing at about 1,200 feet, and at about 550 

 near Albury. It is known under the names of Apple, Mountain 

 Apple, Bastard Box, and Bundy, the latter being the local name 

 south of Bathurst around Rockley and Burraga, where it is in con- 

 siderable request as a fuel in the copper smelting furnaces. South 

 of the Macquarie River E. Cambagei is seldom found west of a line 

 joining Wellington, Molong, Cargo, Mount McDonald, Gundagai 

 and Albury. There are, however, a few patches of it to be found 

 west of this line, one being near Bumberry between Molong and 

 Parkes, and that now under discussion near Cootamundra, while 

 there are probably other small areas of it in isolated spots. In 

 these extreme western localities it is usually found occupying the 

 tops of hills, and is undoubtedly more in its regular home on the 

 higher lands to the eastward. The wood of this tree is hard for 

 a mountain species, but as the trees are seldom straight or tall 

 the timber is not considered to be of much value. In the Bathurst 



