The South Australian Naturalist. 63 



EUCALYPTS.— ADELAIDE TO MOUNT LOFTY. 



By Ernest H. Ising. 



The following is a detailed account of the eucalypts to be 

 seen growing in the neighbourhood of the railway line, between 

 Adelaide and Mount Lofty. The species to be described are as 

 under : — 



1. Eucalyptus rostrata, Schlect. River Red Gum. 



2. E. leucoxylon, F. v. M. Yellow Gum. 



3. E. fascicidosa, F. v. M. Pink Gum. 



4. E. viminalis, Labill. Manna Gum. 



5. E. ruhida, H. D. & J. H. M. Candlebark. 



6. E. odorata, F. v. M. Box. 



7. E. ohliqua, L'Her. White Stringybark (Messmate). 



8. E. capiteUata, Smith. Brown Stringybark. 



1. E. rosirata. River Red Gum. 



After leaving the Adelaide railway station the Red Gum is 

 the first one that is seen growing in its natural state. This is at 

 Goodwood, along the small creek there. The trunks are very 

 large, being 3 or 4 feet in diameter. It is worthy of note that 

 this gum is found lining creek ways all over the State. 



The Red Gums again appear after the first tunnel is nego- 

 tiated. They are growing in the small creek running westerly, 

 and up the side of the hill to the north. From the creek to the 

 ridge-top it is very steep. The Red Gums extend from the creek 

 bed to more than half-way up the northern slope of this hill, and 

 are mixed with a few Box Gums {E. odorata). At about half- 

 way the Reds are met by the Sheaoaks (Casuarina sp.), and the 

 Box, which soon takes charge, while the Red Gum gradually 

 drops out. There are, however, a few clumps of Red Gum sap- 

 lings on the ridge itself. The Yellow Gum keeps to the top of 

 the hills generally. 



Near Blackwood a few Red Gums are seen at about 11 miles, 

 but they are only small trees. A number of Red Gums are to 

 be found in a small gully at the Belair crossing (12^ miles). 

 The trees here are not very big, but they are very graceful, 

 making a pretty picture with their green, dainty foliage and 

 smooth greyish trunks and branches. These specimens are about 

 40 feet high. Down the gully on the left they are smaller. Along 

 the section between Blackwood and Belair the Red and Yellow 

 Gums and Box are mixed one with another, but the Reds some- 

 what preponderate. Below Blackwood — i.e., nearer xVdelaide^ — 

 it is the Box that forms the chief tree. 



