690 Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [10 Nov., 1916. 



as Wiite Gmn, Silver Top, and Silver Top Gum in reference to the 

 smooth and shining bark of the upper part of the trunk. 



The bark is of the White Gum kind, hanging in strips, and more 

 or less rough at the butt, the upper portion of the trunk smooth and 

 even shining. 



The timber is straight in the grain, flesh-coloured when fresh, but 

 drying very white. 



The leaves in the mature state of the tree are lance-shaped, slightly 

 curved, nearly even-sided, equally green on both sides, somewhat 

 shining and thickish, the veins spreading, the marginal vein distant 

 from the edge of the leaf. Mature leaves may attain a length of over 

 12 inches, and a width of 3 inches, but usually they are much smaller; 

 juvenile leaves, bluntly lance-shaped, or heart-shaped and stem-clasping, 

 equally green on both sides and somewhat frosted; branchlets square ana 

 evenwinged (as in Blue Gum seedlings). 



The buds are usually pale-brown, curved and angled, up to seven in 

 a head, six stalkless buds surrounding a central one on a common stalk 

 I inch long ; lid of bud pointed and longer than the flower cup. 



Fruits shining, up to seven in a cluster, egg-shaped, slightly angled. 



The Shining Gum is found in Victoria near Mount Baw Baw and 

 similar localities. 



As already stated, the Shining Gum is closely^ related to the Moun- 

 tain Gum {Eucalyptus goniocalyx). The differences which separate 

 the two species are — 



1. The Shining Gum attains a size never attained by the Mountain 

 Gum. 



2. The timber of the former species appears to be fuller in the 

 grain, less interlocked and less durable than that of the Mountain 

 Gum. 



3. The young branchlets of the Mountain Gum (E. goniocah/x) do 

 not appear to be winged at any time, as in the species here described. 



4. The fruits of the Shining Gum (E . nifens) . are much smaller 

 and shinier than those of the Mountain Gum (E. goniocalyx). 



In regard to nectar and pollen production no distinct and separate 

 information is available, as the Shining Gum has so far not been 

 distinguished as a distinct species by apiarists. 



The Yertchuk {E in-nh/ptu^ Coiisideui-du'i . Maiden). 



(Fig. 55.) 



A medium-sized tree, with a grey tough bark of the character well 

 known as '' peppermint," very like that of the Peppermint Gum 

 {E . jpiperita. Sm.), but very different from that of the Silver Top 

 {E. Sieberiana. F. v. M.), in the company of which it often grows. 

 In Gippsland it seems more of a Stringybark, with rough bark (as in 

 other locations) right to the tips of the branches. It grows most freely 

 upon the rather poor sandy and clay lands of the coastal country of 

 Eastern Victoria, ascending also the coast ranges. 



