THE EUCALYPTS OF GIPPSLAND. ' 103 



It is very commonly termed "Blue-gum," and as such, has, to my knowledge 

 been cut by sawmillers. At Walhalla it is used in preference to E. sieberiana or E. 

 caijitellata, as being the best procurable in the district for props in the mines, and, so 

 far as my experience goes, may be placed after E. globulus as a useful timber tree 

 for work that is not placed in or on the ground — as framing or planking. 



The typical form of E. goniocalyx seems not to be able to cross from the cool 

 southern slopes to the warmer and drier northern sides, but there is found in such 

 places a peculiar divergent form. 



On the south side of Fainting Range E. goniocalyx ascends to the summit at 

 about 2000ft., while on the northern face of the mountain, and at about 2500ft. above 

 sea level, there is a peculiar variety of this type. The seedlings and young plants 

 have opposed, ovate, sessile leaves, of a rather light tint of green, not shining, and 

 without the peculiar and characteristic rank odour of the leaves of the young plant of 

 the common form. 



The tree is usually under 50ft. in height, often with a short bole, and scanty 

 limbs and top. The bark is distinctly wrinkled, and the branches only are smooth. 

 The leaves are finally scattered, long lanceolar or falcate lanceolar, and more attenuate 

 at the stalk than is usually the case in the typical form. The marginal veins are 

 somewhat removed, and the lateral ones slightly spreading. The umbels, flowers, 

 and fruit accord well with the general character of this Eucalypt. 



E. globulus is much more widely distributed in Gippsland than might be 

 expected. It varies but little, and the variation is, I think, principally in the more 

 or less smoothness of the fruit. It grows es])ecially well in the cool and moist 

 districts of the Strezlecki and Hoddle Ranges, more particularly on the southern 

 slopes, to the very shore of Corner Inlet. It is more rarely found on the northern 

 side of these mountains, as also scantily on the foot-hills of the main ranges — as, for 

 instance, about Toongabbie, Freestone Creek, and the Tambo River. It grows in the 

 gullies on the north-side of Lake King, near Jimmie's Point, at Lake Tyers, and in 

 other places towards the eastern boundary of the colony. In the Gippsland 

 mountains, it is found here and there in isolated colonies, even ascending to 4000ft. 

 on the north-eastern slopes of Mount Livingstone. 



