BY HENRY DEANE AND J. H. MAIDEN. 603 



specimen of E. amygdalina in the " Eucalyptographia." (See 

 var. latifolia). Following is a general description of them : — 



The fruits are of a pilular shape, though with some slight 

 tendency to pear-shape. They are wide at the mouth and almost 

 hemispherical, somewhat in the manner of E. aonenoides. 

 Bentham's " sub-globose truncate " applies to many of the forms. 



The tips of the valves are sometimes slightly exserted. 



Timher. — Pale-coloured (nearly white) when newly cut, but 

 drying to a pale brown. Often liable to gum veins, which tend 

 to form thin concentric rings. Of inferior durability and strength 

 as a very general rule, but we have some apparently well authen- 

 ticated instances of the durability of this timber for posts and 

 shingles in the New England District. 



Range. — Extending from Victoria along the various coast 

 mountain ranges and their spurs at least as far north as New 

 England, and westerly as far as the western slopes of the Blue 

 Mountains. 



Some specific localities in this Colony may be stated as follows : 

 — Mountain Top, near Nimitybelle (Silver Topj. Braidwood 

 District. Goulburn District generally. At Marulan, Eucalyptus 

 oil is distilled from this form (Peppermint). Kangaloon (White- 

 topped Mountain Ash). Hill Top and Mittagong. Mt. Wilson. 

 Mt. Victoria (Narrow-leaved Peppermint). New England (Mess- 

 mate) The specimens from the last two localities are to all 

 intents and purposes identical. 



2. Var. radlata ("River White Gum"). 



Introductory. — We have a fairly distinct tree which goes under 

 the names of "White Gum," "River Gum," "River White Gum," 

 " Ribbon Gum," and even " Narrow-leaved Peppermint." 



Its favourite habitat is on the sides of gullies, or on the steep 

 banks of rivers, often some distance from the bed of the river or 

 creek, but usually (perhaps always) on a well-drained slope leadin 

 to a water-course. We have not observed the tree out of gullies. 



