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VlCTOKIA. 



Great Divide (western side), Dari^o Higli Plains, Snowy Plains, Twelve Mile 

 Creek (A. W. Howitt); " Messmate," Mount Mueller, near Mount Baw Baw (James 

 Melvin); Mount St. Bernard (J.II.M.). 



Tops of Mounts Arnold and Strickland, at an elevation of from ?,400 to 4,000 

 feet. The smallest branches very tough. (W. Inglis, through J. Blackburne.) 



" Woully-butt." On the mountain slopes of the Main Dividing Rani,'e from Dargo to Mt. Delegate, 

 between 3,000 and -i.-^OO feet above sea level. Appears to be strictly confined to that zone. A medium- 

 sized, sometimes large tre^, 200-300 feet high, up to 6 feet in diameter. Tall, clean, straight, slightly 

 tapering stem. Bark on lower ha{f of stem very thick and woolly, like stringybark. This ceases 

 abruptly at about half the height of the stern or barrel, no matter what height the tree or length of stem 

 may be, and above this the bark is quite clean, veiy thin^ only about half an inch thick, of a pale bluish 

 grey colour, or whitish, the old bark peeling off in long, thin strips, which do not generally hang loosely 

 about the stem and branches, as is the case, with the Gippsland Blackbutt {E. regnans var. fasiigala). 

 The trees are remarkably sound at heart, even the largest trees rarely .showing any sign of jiipe or heait 

 decay. The wood is remarkably light, easy to work, and very suitable for joiners' work." (H. Hopkin=.) 



New South Wales. 



Delegate Mountain and Snowy Mountains, 4,000-5,000 feet, on dry ridges 

 (W. Baeuerlen) ; Eucumbene, near Kiandra, Yarrangobilly Caves (A. W. Howitt) ; 

 Laurel Hill, Tumberumba (E. H. Caml)age) ; Mount Kosciusko (J.H.M.) ; 

 Tumbervtmba (A. Murphy). 



AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. obliqua L'Herit. 



This is the species that E. y'lgantea will be confused with by most people in 

 the futu.re as it has been in the past, but as I have already dealt with the matter 

 pretty fully, it seems not necessary to go over the ground again at this place. 



