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From 15 to 17 miles the Yellow Gum is fairly common, 

 particularly so between the two points where the Box Gum ends 

 and the Stringybark commences. 



3. E. fasciculosa. Pink Giun. 



This gum usually has a crooked trunk and seldom makes a 

 tall timber tree. Mr. W. Gill, Conservator of Forests, showed 

 an exceptional specimen in a photo, taken in the North at Mount 

 Remarkable; it was certainly a fine tree, several feet in dia- 

 meter. The only spot I know where this particular gum is 

 found is just at the entrance and on the top of the tunnel at Long 

 Gully (17 miles). On the side and top of the hill there are 

 quite a number of these trees. They have a smooth grey bark 

 of a fairly uniform colour. The seed j^ods are very small and are 

 in open leafless clusters. The timber is of a reddish colour when 

 freshly cut, and is very hard and durable. The tree flowers in 

 October. 



4. E. viminalis. Manna Gum (see Fig. 1, Plate 1), 



The seed pods of this gum resemble very much those of 

 Red Gum, and are small. The leaves are fairly long and droop. 

 This drooping habit of the leaves and branchlets has given the 

 gum its name of ' ' viminalis, ' ' which means drooping. Outwardly, 

 as far as the bark is concerned, it is similar to the Yellow Gum. 

 The bark in this species, howe^'er, is almost invarialjly dark and 

 rough at the base, which is seldom the case with the Yellow Gum. 

 At Kuitpo Forest some Manna Gums were seen which had the 

 rough bark extending right up the trunk for 20 to 30 feet — an 

 unusual thing. 



As the range of hills beyond Belair is entered at 15 miles the 

 Manna Gum becomes familiar. A definite characteristic is 

 the spreading nature of this tree and its light smooth bark. For 

 the next mile this gum is very plentiful, and forms the chief 

 connecting link between the Box Gum and the White 8tring\'- 

 bark. This is a very interesting section. The Manna Gum do"s 

 not mix Avith the Box, but appears just at the spot where it is 

 last met Avith. Neither does it appear to be so plentiful among 

 the stringybarks as it is between the two gums mentioned above. 

 In the small gully by the tunnel at 1(31 miles the foliage and 

 trunks of the Manna Gum are somewhat mid-grey in colour; 

 perhaps this is ])ecause the trees are young ones and that they 

 get less sunlight than others. They are Avell sheltered on three 

 sides by the adjacent hills. This species is at home along this 

 section, occurring in patches where the soil and situation suit it. 

 Large specimens are to be seen near Long Gully and by the 

 Upper Sturt tunnel, it is a good tree for timber, the latter being 

 very light in colour. 



