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fissile timber is freely used it is not considered to have any 

 special value. 



Messrs. Deane and Maiden have expressed the opinion (these 

 Proceedings, 1901, p. 123) that E. vitrea is a form of E.fastigata. 

 The fruits of E. vitrea are usually rounder than those of E. 

 fastigata, which are somewhat pear-shaped and slightly domed. 

 Speaking with a somewhat limited acquaintance with these trees 

 they appear to me to be separable. 



There appears to be some doubt as to whether E. fastiyata is 

 sufficiently distinct from E. regnans, F.v. M., as to warrant its 

 having specific rank. My own observations on the matter made 

 from specimens collected near Dandenong in Victoria, west of 

 Albion Park, west of Milton and at Oberon in jS'ew South Wales, 

 lead to the conclusion that the two trees are ver}' closely allied, and 

 it may yet be found that E.fastigata is only a variety or form of E. 

 regnans. Certainly the bark of E. regnans in Victoria is usually 

 smooth to perhaps within 10 or 15 feet from the ground or some- 

 times less, while in N.S. Wales that of E. fastigata is rough up 

 to and often on the branches, but this character in the variability 

 of bark is v^ery deceptive. Again, the fruits of E. regnans which 

 I collected at Dandenong are chiefly truncate, while at Oberon 

 those of E, fastigata are chiefly domed, with the valves often 

 slightly exserted, but those from Albion Park show forms both 

 truncate and slightly domed, though the rough somewhat stringy 

 bark on the trees (locally called Messmate) at the latter place 

 extends on to the branches. In all three cases the peduncles 

 may be found in pairs in the axils, as well as solitary. So far 

 as the rough- and smooth-barked trees are concerned those 

 characters are sufficient to enable the two to be separated, but 

 there are probably some forms that would present considerable 

 difficulty. 



The following is a list of Eucalypts passed between Forbes and 

 Oberon : — E. 77ieUiodora, E. Woollsiana, E. hemiphloia var. alhens, 

 E. Gonica, E. rostrata, E. tereticornis and var. dealhata, E. Bridge- 

 siana, E. macrorhyncka, E. virninalis, E. Cambagei, E. dives, E. 

 stelhdata, E. coriacea, E. ruhida, E. hcemastoma var. micranthay 

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