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and Orange districts it may generally be found growing on ridges 

 of Silurian slate; and although it evidently prefers a sedimentary 

 formation, it is occasionally to be found on hills of igneous origin, 

 though in such cases the wood often appears to be softer, probably 

 owing to a more rapid growth through being in a better soil. In 

 no case does it appear to grow on an alluvial flat. The bark of 

 this tree is a dark grey, somewhat resembling a Box bark, but of 

 a more woolly nature, toning off to smooth on the ultimate 

 branches. It is, however, only in rare instances that it is found 

 in company with typical Box trees such as E. hemiphloia var. 

 albens, or F. Woollsiana, preferring a colder climate. 



For many years E. Camhagei was confused in various herbaria 

 with E. goniocalyx, F.v.M., but in the forest the two species are 

 scarcely ever, or it might almost be said never, confounded. The 

 latter is usually a large straight Gum tree, found along the south 

 coast and in Victoria, having smooth bark and moderatel}^ hard 

 fissile timber; while the former has more of a Box or Apple tree 

 appearance, with hard, interlocked timber. In some cases, how- 

 ever, E. goniocalyx has a rough bark somewhat similar to that 

 at times seen on E. saliyna, Sm., the Sydney Blue Gum, covering 

 the trunk almost up to the branches. I have seen this at Fern 

 Tree Gully, near Melbourne, where my attention was drawn to it 

 by Mr. J. G. Luehmann, F.L.S. The sucker-foliage, however, 

 separates these two species very clearly. 



The tree with which E. Camhagei is often confused in the 

 forest is that named E. Bridyesiana by Mr. R. T. Baker (Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 1898, Part 2) and formerly recognised as^. 

 Stuartiana, F.v.M., there being a fancy with many bushmen that 

 the latter, often known as Apple, and which has a soft wood and 

 grows on flats, graduates into the former species, which grows 

 on the hills and has a hard wood. Botanically these two trees 

 are very distinct, but the similarity in the bark causes the con- 

 fusion among casual observers. 



E. Bridgesiana was not met with in coming from Bourke until 

 Cootamundra was reached. It extends, north and south, almost, 

 if not quite, through the entire length of New South Wales, 



