10 Aug., 1916.] 



Jiee-heeping in. Victoria. 



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The clusters of from four to sixteen or even twenty flowers are at 

 leaf shoulders, buds stalkless or on very short stalks, top-shaped, lid 

 blunt and of equal length to the lower part of the bud. Fruit half- 

 round to top-shaped with valve flaps projecting in ripe fruit. 



The timber is straight grained and easy to work, but seasons badly, 

 and IS of little value on account of the presence of Gum veins. 



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Fig. .51(a).— The Spotted Blue Gum (/•:. Maideni, P. von M.) {.Xdult foliage). 

 From I'roccH'<iing.s, Liuiiean Society, N.S.W., 1889. 



The White Brittle Gum grows in jwor, open forest ground to a maxi- 

 mum height of 60 feet with a stem diameter of 1 to 3 feet, and a 

 rather dense head. The bark is different shades of grey or bluish 

 yellow with spots like those of the true Spotted Gum (E. tnnnilntn). 



