100 THE EUCALYPTS OF GIPPSLAND. 



I must note, in this connection, however, that T have found small quantities of 

 manna indistinguishable from that of E. viminalis, either by appearance or taste, 

 attached to slight injuries on the leaves of saplings of E. stuartiana at Toongabbie. 



The differences between this Eucalypt and the typical form of E. viminalis lie 

 almost entirely in the form of the leaves of seedlings and young plants, and in their 

 pulverulent character. In general appearance these certainly resemble the young 

 l^lants of Stuartiana, but even more those of E. pulverulenta, as found in 

 Gippsland. 



Having to choose between E. viminalis and E. stuartiana, I have, after weighing 

 all these considerations, assigned it to the former, notwithstanding the strong 

 presumption which arises to the contrary from the extreme departure of its seedlings 

 from the typical form. 



It seems not only to connect E. viminalis and E. stuartiana, and thus to 

 strengthen the alliance which, as Baron von Mueller points out, exists between these 

 Eucalypts, but also to connect these two with E. pulverulenta, in some variety of 

 which I have observed the fruit to have a protruding margin and exserted valves.* 



(c.) A somewhat peculiar form of E. viminalis grows between Toongabbie and 

 Walhalla, from about 1000ft. to 2500ft. above sea level. It does not exceed 100ft. in 

 height. The bark is somewhat rugged, and persists over the bole, but on the 

 branches is smooth and of a reddish brown tint, the foliage is plentiful, and of a 

 somewhat ashy-grey tint. The leaves are lanceolar to falcate, the veins rather 

 indistinct, but agree with those of E. viminalis. The umbels, buds, blossoms, and 

 fruit are also of this type, but with this difference, that the umbels have numerous 

 buds, and only rarely three arranged in a cruciform manner. 



The timber of this tree is of no use except as fuel. I have not observed it 

 growing in any other locality. 



E. tereticornis. — This tree, the well-known " Eed-gum " of Gippsland, is 

 essentially a littoral species. 



It grows mainly on the recent alluviums, river flats, ancient lake basins, 

 and on the lower terraces of the Tertiary formations, up to an elevation of 

 150ft. or more, rarely 200ft., above sea level. The western limit is about Traralgon, 

 and it extends eastwards, almost to Buchan, and northwards to Glen Maggie, 

 Glenalladale, and Bruthen. 



* The difference in the young plants of the lowland and mountain forms of this Eucalypt are little, if any, greater 

 than those which I observed exist in the young forms of the two varieties of E. leucoxylon.which grow in the neighbourhood 

 of Heathcote. 



The smooth-barked variety, locally known as spotted box has, in its young form ovate, opposed, somewhat mealy 

 leaves. The rough-barked form — the Ironbark — has opposed leaves only in very young seedlings. 



