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(8.) E. albens is one of the " White Gums" of the interior 

 sometimes attaining the height of eighty feet. The wood is not 

 valued. 



(9.) E. yoniocalyx is one of the most useful trees we possess, 

 and in some districts is called " Flooded Gum," and in others 

 " Blue Gum." It generally grows near rivers or creeks, but it 

 frequently occurs as a forest tree. One mark of this species is 

 the angular calyx, and another is the short flat peduncle with an 

 umbel of about seven flowers on short thick pedicels. In some 

 parts of the colony, this tree attains eighty feet or more, and a 

 diameter of seven feet, and although the wood varies according 

 to the soil, yet it is considered highly valuable. Several of the 

 woods marked " Blue Grum" by Sir William Macarthur, belong 

 to this species, and the " Flooded Gum" from the Clarence and 

 other parts must be referred to the same. Mr. Moore mentions 

 the timber as being extensively used for building purposes, such as 

 scantling, battens, flooring boards, posts and rails, and ships' 

 planks. I may also add that it i s excellent for the naves and felloes 

 of wheels, and Mr. M. says many trees yield from 6000 to 7000 

 feet of timber, which is worth 18s. per hundred feet. It grows 

 rapidly, and its specific gravity is reported to be less than that 

 of any other gum. Through some mistake, specimens of this 

 gum appear to have been mixed with those of the " Bastard 

 Mahogany," which Mr Bentham places next to it, though accord- 

 ing to the appearance of the trees, their bark and wood, as well 

 as their habit, they are perfectly distinct. The Blue or Flooded 

 Gum generally indicates a good soil. 



(10.) E. dumosa is a shrubby species in the interior. Sir 

 Thomas Mitchell speaks of it as " a dwarf species," prevailing 

 between the Lachlan and the Darling, and growing in such a 

 manner, as to render it almost impossible to push horses through 

 it, except in a very sinuous manner. He regarded it as " the 

 most unpleasing of shrubs to a traveller," and describes it "as 

 a lofty bush with a great number of stems, each two or three 

 inches in diameter," " and the bushes" he adds, " grow thickly 

 together, having between them nothing but the prickly grass in 

 large tufts." 



(11.) E. incrassata, is another of the small species, constitu- 

 ting part of the " Mallee Scrub" near the Murray. 



