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The following report of Mr. Forest Ranger Taylor, dated 21st September, 

 1S92. confuses E. globulus witli E. Maidenl, but with the notes I have placed in 

 brackets the confusion will disappear : — 



Eucalj/ptus globulus is known in this district [he refers to tlie higli lands about Tunibarumba] as 

 Eurabbie. It has been known to me since 1862, and was pointed out by my father as Blue Gum ; we cut 

 the timber that year for dray -shafts on the Old Man Mountain, overlooking the Araluen Valley, County 

 of St. Vincent. The price of Blue Gum [this is E. Maideni] shafts was then 21s. per pair, Woolly Butt 

 18s., and Apple Tree 13s., which will give some idea of the relative value of these timbers. 



E. globulus [E. Maideni] was brought under the notice of the Government in 1882 by Rev. Mr. 

 Collie, as growing near Araluen; again in 1883 by myself, as growing near Tunibarumba [E. globulus] ; 

 and in 1884 by Mr. DufF, as growing at the Jenolan Caves [E. globulus]. 



When I reported it in 1883 [i.e., from Tumbarumba] I forwarded seeds, which were pronounced by 

 Baron von Mueller as identical with Tasraanian Blue Gum. 



To my own knowledge it is disti-ibuted over a wide area in this Colony, but only in limited clumps 

 or patches, and not in any defined or continuous belts, but in every instance the elevation above sea-level 

 is about the same, from 2,500 to 3,000 feet, confining itself to the same line of ranges, and, if I mistake 

 not, the same formation, and certainly the most inaccessible spots, places where until the last forty or 

 fifty years the foot of the white man had never trodden, and but seldom at present. 



I am under tlie impression that it can be traced from the Blue Mountains, Abercrombie Ranges, 

 Araluen Mountains, along the western slopes of the Australian Alps, through Gippsland, southward, 

 confining itself to the dividing line of ranges. 



I cannot say that it is plentiful, for it seldom covers an area of more than 1,000 acres, in clumps of 

 20 to 30 miles apart. 



ViCToraA. 



In this State it is confined to Gippsland, and we require further collecting to 

 absolutely determine its range. 



Following are some localities represented in the National Herbarium, 

 Sydney : — 



Long Gully, Cassilis township, Gippsland (H. Hopkins) ; 7 miles north-west 

 of Bacchus Marsh, in the bed of the Lederbcrg River (P. R,. H. St. John). See fig. 

 10, Plate 79. These two specimens are similar, and exhibit a transit form between 

 EJ. glohdns and E. Maideni, which I am inclined to think is nearer to the latter. 



Cann River, Gippsland (H. Hopkins). Figured at 7, Plate 79. This is 

 another transit form, and I make the same remarks as I have done in regard to the 

 preceding. More or less warted buds arc common in E. Maideni. Mr. Hojjkins 

 says the same form occvirs at Toongabbie, about 100 feet above sea-level, at Sardine 

 Creek (Cann River), Rising Sun Creek, near Bonang, at about 1,500 or 2,000 feet 

 above sea-level. 



I have a larger fruit than that depicted (see 7b, Plate 79), also from the 

 Cann River. The fruit is aS large and as smooth as 11 and 12 (Plate 79), from 

 Metung and Sealers' Cove respectively (A. W. Howitt and J. L. King). Specimens 

 like these seem true transit forms between E. globulus and E. Maideni, and there 

 will probably always be a difference of opinion as to which species they are more 

 closely allied. 



I have a most interesting series of E. 3Iaideiii from Metung, some collected 

 by the late Dr. A. W. Howdtt, and others by Mr. J. L. King and myself. Some 

 (e.g., fig. 12, Plate 80, in particular) may be thought to afford ij^staixces qf 

 hybridism, 



