86 THE EUCALYPTS OF GIPPSLAND. 



2)ersistent up to the smaller branches, somewhat resembling that of E. obliqua, but 

 tliinner, more fissile, and lighter in colour. For roofing purposes the bark is worth- 

 less, and the timber of no value for splitting or sawing, having the soft, veiny 

 character of some types of Amygdalina. 



The seedlings have opposed, narrow, lanceolar leaves, with, occasionally, tufts of 

 hairs and freqiiently wavy margins. 



The opposed character of the leaves is not maintained beyond the first two or 

 three pairs, and the leaves then become ovate lanceolar, resembling in their pointed 

 and unequal-sided form those of E. obliqua, though rarely as large. They are thick 

 in consistence, of a dull green, and not shiny ; in the latter trait resembling those of 

 E. sieberiana. 



The umbels have numerous buds, with the typical form of E. amygdalina, 

 to which also the shape of the calyx tube, the short style, and depressed lid belong. 

 The fruit is ovate top-shaped, with a flat and slightly convex margin and small deltoid 

 valves. 



The tree is found at a height of 100ft. above sea level at Merriman's Creek and 

 the Bairnsdale to Buchan-road, to 2500ft. at the Upper Wentworth Eiver. I have not 

 observed it on the mountain plateaux, even where they descend to the latter height, 

 and conclude that it is a littoral species which ascends the coast ranges. (See PI. 9.) 



(e.) This is the Wang-ngara* of the Gippsland blacks. It is found in the 

 eastern part of Gippsland, but, according to my observations, not so commonly as 

 the other varieties of this type. It grows along the rivers and streams, and in moist 

 valleys, where it takes the place of E. viminalis (a). It has a smooth, tall, but 

 comparatively slender bole, with a scanty, often rather spreading, head, in which there 

 is frequently a marked absence of foliage. The bark is persistent, and wrinkled only 

 on the lower part of the bole, above which it becomes smooth and almost white. It 

 is of extreme toughness, whence the aboriginal name. 



The seedlings and young saplings have sessile, rather long, lanceolar, opposed 

 leaves, resembling those of the normal Amygdalina, but which in the older trees 

 become narrow lanceolar-falcate, attenuated at the stalk and pointed. The venation 

 is rather indistinct, the marginal vein considerably removed, and the lateral veins 

 very longitudinal. 



The umbels are on stalks as long or longer than the bud and stalklet, the stalklet 

 slender and longer than the bud, the lid small and depressed, with a slight point. 



• This native name has a reference to the extreme toughness of the bark of this tree. Wang— a baud ; ugara is 

 connected with ngarang — a sinew. 



