102 THE EUCALYPTS OF GIPPSLAND. 



Tlie Tall Mountain Form (c). — This nmch resembles some of the lowland varieties, 

 which grow upon dry tracts of land ; but the leaves are shorter, more ovate, smoother, 

 thicker in consistence, and rarely have the wavy margin which is characteristic of the 

 tall lowland form. 



Its lower limit is probably about 600ft. above the sea level, but I think it possible 

 that the tall lowland form intermingles with it at that elevation, or less. 



Dwarf Highland Form (d). — I have observed this form of E. gunnii growing 

 extensively in the swampy flats at the source of the main branch of the Livingstone 

 Creek, at an elevation of about 3000ft. 



The description given of the dwarf lowland form applies in many respects to this 

 also. It does not exceed 20ft. in height ; the bark is smooth, persistent at the butt, 

 and smooth and greenish on the branches. The leaves are ovate, and at first 

 opposed and sessile, or nearly so, finally scattered, of a dull green. The umbels are 

 axillary, or solitary, of sessile crowded buds. Fruit, semi-ovate rim, rather broad 

 and slightly convex, the valves barely exserted. The young twigs and umbels are all 

 slightly mealy. This form, however, differs from the corresponding lowland one in 

 the leaves being shorter and broader when they become scattered, in the darker 

 green of the foliage, and the smaller size and mealy character of the buds. The fruit 

 also is of a smaller size. 



E. botry aides. —Tim, compared with the other species of Gippsland, is one of 

 the eastern types of Eucalypts. It spreads along the coast line westward to the sandy 

 tracts known as Bole Bole, between the Gippsland Lakes and the sea, where it 

 becomes stunted and worthless as a timber tree, though on the northern shores of 

 the lakes, at Lake Tyers, and at the Snowy Kiver, it grows to a large size, and is a 

 valuable timber. At the latter locality it is known as " mahogany." 



On the northern shore of Lake King it is to be found growing to about 100ft. in 

 height, and I have observed a small colony at the very extreme end of the long narrow 

 delta through which the Mitchell liiver enters Lake King. This is probably the most 

 westerly point at which this tree grows, and, with Rubus rosifohus, which is found 

 in one gully at Mount Taylor, is marked the western limit of the east coast flora in 

 Gippsland. 



E. goniocalyx has a wide range in Gippsland, especially in the western parts. 

 It grows well in the deep shady gullies of the southern slopes of the mountains, where 

 it reaches some 200ft. to 250ft. hi height, with a tall, massive bole. In its typical 

 lorm it occurs in the valley of the Thompson River, on the Upper Wellington, near 

 Grant, on the southern slope of Fainting Range, at Gclantipy, and elsewhere, up to 

 4000ft. above sea level in favourable localities. 



