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Ve7'nacular names. — "Black Sally," Gippsland and Southern 

 New South Wales at least as far north as Goulburn ; also New- 

 England Ranges. " Black Gum," Bombala. 



The above names have l^een given on account of the rough, 

 hard black bark on the butt. 



" Sally Butt," between Bathurst and Orange, The name 

 '' Sally," without a qualifying adjective, is in use at Bombala, 

 Boro, Braidwood and Yass. The name is in allusion to the species 

 being often found on the banks of streams, like a sally (sallow or 

 willow). "Olive-green Gum" (Leichhardt). "Green Gum," 

 County of Argyle and Blue Mountains (Macarthur j New Eng- 

 land and high land near Braidwood (Dr. Woolls). "White 

 Gum," County of Argyle and Blue Mountains (A. Cunn,). "Blue 

 Gum" (Forester Mecham, Tumut). "Lead Gum," County of 

 Argyle and Blue Mountains; Berrima (Macarthur); Hartley and 

 Mudgee (Woolls). 



All the above names, " Olive-green Gum," tkc, are attempts to 

 describe the appearance of the smooth portion of the bark, which 

 varies from white with a bluish or lead-coloured cast to even a 

 dirty olive-green. 



The species is a stunted gum growing at high elevations, smooth- 

 barked (except at the butt), and looking as if it were blue or 

 lead-coloured with the cold. There are so many White Gums 

 that we think the name " Lead-coloured Gum " is a useful one, 

 while "Black Sally" is better still, and the most widely spread of 

 existing names. 



It is called " Muzzle-wood " in Gippsland, but the meaning of 

 the name is unknown to us. 



Seedling or sucker leaves. — Ovate-acuminate, larger in size 

 and thinner in texture than the mature leaves. The average 

 dimensions of some seedling leaves in our possession are 3 J inches 

 long by a width of one half this. (PI. liv., figs. 7-9.) 



Mature leaves. — The tips are often hooked like those of E. 

 coriacea and of some forms of other species, e.g., amygdalina. 

 The leaves of both species when dry are smooth and usually show 



