308 ON SOME NEW SPECIES OP EUCALYPTUS, 



"The timber-getters look upon E. obliqua and E. fastigata as 

 the same species, and call them indiscriminately ' Stringy Bark ' 

 or ' Cut Tail.' They also strip the bark indiscriminately; but 

 they distinguish this 'White Ash' well, and its bark is not used 

 for stripping. The timber is lighter in colour than that of ' Cut 

 Tail,' from which fact the tree has received its vernacular name, 

 and not on account of the bare branches, nor on account of the 

 leaves; in fact, the leaves are remarkably large and broad. 



" I may state that instead of becoming rougher with age, as is 

 the case with the ' Mountain Ash,' E. Sieberiana, and the 

 ' White Ash,' E. fraxinoides, from Tantawanglo, the bark 

 of this species becomes less and less furrowed as the trees advance 

 in age. 



"E.Belegatensis, notwithstanding so much resemblance in leaves, 

 buds and fruit, is not E Sieberiana, and comes nearer to E. 

 obliqua; however, the buds and some slight difference in the fruit, 

 but especially the young leaves, sufficiently remove it from that 

 species. The bark is more like that of E. obliqua, and quite 

 different from that of E. Sieberiana, and has not the slightest 

 resemblance to E. Smithii, R.T.B." 



The chemical constituents are quite distinct from those of the 

 above-named species (R.T.B.). 



Eucalyptus intertexta, sp.nov. 

 "Spotted Gum," "Gum," " Coolabah.'' 



(Plate xvii.) 



A large tree, up to 80 feet high, and 3 feet or more in diameter. 

 Bark smooth nearly to the ground; butt -bark hard and persistent, 

 extending a few feet up the trunk; the smooth bark has patches 

 or spots,, and varies much in colour, from brownish or all shades 

 of a lighter grey, to sometimes quite chalky white. Young or 

 sucker leaves similar in shape to mature ones, but at times some- 

 what broader. Mature leaves lanceolate-acuminate, mostly under 

 6 inches long, of a pale yellowish, or sometimes bluish, colour on 



