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following in a general way the course of the Great Dividing- 

 Range, being found perhaps more on its western than eastern 

 slopes and seldom, if ever, coming down to the sea-level. It is 

 usually known as either Apple or Woolly-butt, the former name 

 being in general use to the south of Bathurst, while it is known 

 by the latter name to the northward, though these names are not 

 constantly allotted according to the above divisions. In some 

 localities it is called Peppermint, \vhile in others it bears the name 

 of Box from a similarity in the appearance of the bark to some 

 of the Box trees. It takes its name of Apple from a general out- 

 ward similarity which it has to Angophora intermedia, DC, that 

 species being known as Apple almost wherever it is found in New 

 South Wales; and when these trees grow together the Eucalypt 

 is often designated Woolly-butt by way of distinction. Although 

 Angophora intermedia is plentiful all along the coastal districts, 

 and crosses to the western slopes in many places to the northward, 

 it is rare within that large area lying to the south of the Great 

 Western Railwa}^ Line, and to the west of the Great Dividing- 

 Range, though it touches the boundary of this area near Welling- 

 ton, and may possibly be found somewhere in the Yass and 

 Tumut districts. Within this area £. Bridgesiana is usually 

 known as Apple. But the name changes to Woolly-butt north 

 of Bathurst and in the Rylstone district, as A. intermedia begins 

 at about 7 miles from Bathurst towards Sofala and continues 

 northwards. 



E. Bridgesiana is generally found growing on flats, but some- 

 times on elevated land in basaltic country, and in the colder parts 

 often in company with a white drooping Gum, E. vlminalis, 

 Labill. In habit these trees somewhat resemble each other, but 

 the white smooth bark of the latter is very distinct from that of 

 the former, which has a grey Box bark, usually covering all the 

 trunk and part of the branches. Although these two species 

 grow in company in the cold parts, it is found in going to the 

 lower western country that the Gum ceases considerably before 

 the Apple. The timber of this Apple-tree is considered useless, 

 beinsc even valueless as a fuel. 



