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THE GREY GUM OF THE NORTH COAST DISTRICTS. 



[Eucalpyttis p7'02nnqua, sp.nov.) 

 By Henry Deanb, M.A., F.L.S., and J. H. Maiden, F.L.S. 



(Plate XLiii.) 



The Grey Gum of the North Coast districts has for many 

 years held an uncertain botanical position, having being ranked 

 at different times by botanists under jE. punctata, E. saligna, and 

 even E. viminalis. We determined to carefully investigate the 

 tree de novo, and we have arrived at the opinion that it will but 

 perpetuate the confusion which has for so many years existed, if 

 it be subordinated to any existing species. From observations in 

 the field and upon dried specimens, we find that it is remarkably 

 constant, and in raising it to specific rank under the name of 

 Eucalyptus jyrojnnqua, we allude to its affinities with E. punctata 

 and E. saligna. 



The species also bears considerable affinity to E. resinifera, not 

 only in regard to the fruits, which are so similar as to be dis- 

 tinguished with difficulty from some of the smaller forms of E. 

 resinifera, but also in leaf-venation. 



EUCALYPTX?S PROPINQUA, sp.noV. 



A large, straight growing, cylindrical-stemmed tree, found up 

 to 4 or 5 feet in diameter, and 120 feet and more in height. 



Bark — It has a grey dusty-looking slightly raspy appearance 

 as regards its bark. Next to the Blue or Flooded Gum it is one 

 of the straightest stemmed trees in the forest. The bark darkens, 

 peels off in large longitudinal irregular patches, leaving a smooth 

 white surface, which in course of time darkens, peels off, and the 



