DESCRIPTION. 



E. stellulatcL Sieb. 



Following is the original description : — 



Sieber, plant exs. nnv. lioU. No. 478. Operculo conico cupulfe longitudine, pedunculis lateralibus 

 brevissimis subteretibus, umbellis 15-20 floris, foliis oblongis utrinque afctenuatis basi 3-5 nerviis. 

 Nova-Hollandia. Pet. et peduno. 3 lin. vix longi. Folia 3 poll, longa semipoU. lata subcoriacea sublucida. 

 Alaba.stra oblonga utrinque attenuata 2 lin. longa. (v.s.) — (DC, Prod, iii, 217,) 



It is more fully descrilied in Bentham's Flora Australiensis and Mueller's 

 Euca lyptograph ia. 



E. stelliilata is an easy species to determine, with its straight-veined leaves 

 and star-like umhels of buds. The specific name is rather happy, referring to the 

 disposition of the buds. 



It is a forest-tree of medium size in the Monaro, e.g., in the Snowy River 

 Valley, forming a shapely tree 50 feet in height and more, with a stem-diameter of 

 2 to 3 feet, and with dense foliage. In New England it attains a scarcely less size. 

 As a rule it is a straggling tree of half the size, while the narrow-leaved variety is 

 frequently only a tall bush. 



Vernacular Names. — " Black Sally," Gippsland and Southern New South 

 Wales at least as far north as Goulburn ; also New England Ranges. "Black 

 Gum," Bombala. It is often called " Black Ash " in New England. The above 

 names have been given on account of the rough, hard black bark on the butt. 



" Sally Butt," between Bathurst and Orange. The name " Sally," without a 

 qualifying adjective, is in use at Bombala, Boro, Braidwood, and Yass. The name 

 is in allusion to the species being often found on the banks of streams, like a Sally 

 (sallow or willow). "Olive-green Gum" (Lcichhardt). "Green Gum," county 

 of Argyle and Blue Mountains (Macarthvu') ; New England and higli land near 

 Braidwood (Dr. Woolls). "White Gum," county of Argyle and Blue Mountains 

 (A. Cunn.). "Blue Gum," (Forester Mecham, Tumut). "Lead Gum," county of 

 Argyle and ]?lue Mountains ; Bcrrima (Macartliur), Hartley and Mudgee (Woolls). 



