84 THE EUCALYPTS OF GIPPSLAND. 



Also to Mr. J. E, Brown, F.L.S., of Adelaide, to whom I addressed myself for 

 information as to Soutli Australian species. 



Mr. John O'Rourke, of Woolgulmerang, Mr. David O'Rourke, of Buclian, and 

 Mr. S. C. Holme, of Eagle Vale, have all most kindly made collections of the Eucalypts 

 growing in their respective neighbourhoods. 



Types of Eucalypts growing in Gippsland, 



Eenanther,e. — In the following notes on the Types of Eucalypts in Gippsland, I 

 have endeavoured to avoid repetition of the descriptions which have been 

 given by Baron von Mueller with such admirable clearness and precision in 

 the "Eucalyptographia," and desire only to add such particulars as have 

 presented themselves to me, or have special reference to the local occurrence 

 of these Eucalypts in Gippsland. 



E. paiiciflora. — This Eucalypt is extremely constant in character, whether 

 found in small isolated colonies in the littoral tracts, as at Providence Ponds and 

 Morwell, or forming forests over large areas in the Gippsland Alps up to an elevation 

 of 5000ft., as on the Wonnongatta Plains, at Omeo, Woolgulmerang, and Delegate. 



It appears to be essentially an Alpine species, yet al)le to maintain itself, to 

 some extent, in localities but little elevated above sea level. 



E. stellulata. — This is also an Alpine species, ascending almost if not quite to 

 the same elevation as E. pauciflora, but does not descend, according to my observa- 

 tions, lower than 700ft. at Dargo and Ensay. No varieties occur, as far as my 

 observations go. 



E. amygdalina.— This is one of the most variable, and at the same time, 

 naturally most widely spread of the Gippsland Eucalypts. 



I have observed the following well-marked and constant varieties : — 



(a). The ordinary narrow-leaved variety. — This is the type described and figured 

 in the "Eucalyptographia;" it generally grows throughout this district on all formations, 

 from the sea level up to about 4500ft. 



{b). The broad-leaved variety. In the mountains, and more especially in some 

 of the Plutonic and Metamorphic areas, as at Dargo and the Wentworth and Omeo, 

 there occurs a form of Amygdalina which is to some extent distinct from the typical 

 form referred to. I have not observed it at a lower elevation than 700ft. at Dargo, 



