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DESCRIPTION, 



Eucalyptus coriacea, A. Cimn. 



Following is the original description : — 



Schauer MSS. — Ramulis elongatis pendulis teretib. nitidis; foil, firmis rigidisq. lanceolatis oblongisve 

 breviter petiolatis acuminatis, apiculo subfiliformi saepe deflexo, nervosis imperforatis viridib., untrinq. 

 lucidis ; capitulis axillarib. 5-8 — lloris ; pedunculo petiolum aequante subtereti ; cupula (fructus) turbinata 

 truncata ; operculo . . . ,1 capsula 3— i loculari. Planta insignis validajfoliis 4-6 poll, longis, 1-2 poll, 

 latis ; fructib. 4 lin. altit. totidemq. diametro metientibus nitidis. In Novae Cambria} australis interioris 

 planitiebus. — A. Cunn. Herb., no. 35-1824. — (Schauer in Walp. Rep. ii, 925.) 



It is fully described by Bentbam (B.Fl. iii, 201), and also by Mueller, in the 

 Eucalyptographia ; by the latter under the name E. paucijlora, Sieb. I have 

 adopted the name given in the Flora Australiensis. Sieber's name, E. paucijlora, 

 has doubtful priority, and it is especially inappropriate (no Eucalypt flowering more 

 freely than this), while Cunningham's name is remarkably appropriate. 



YernaCuLar Names.— One of the " White or Cabbage Gums," but not to be 

 confused with E. hcemastoma, var. micrantha, which goes by the same names. Its 

 usual name with us is " Wliite Gum," though it is very frequently called " Cabbage 

 Gum" also. In Xew England appai-ently not known as " White or Cabbage Gum," 

 but "White Ash," in contradistinction to E. stellulata (Black Ash). The species 

 goes under the name of " Weeping Gum" in Tasmania, owing to its scrambling habit ; 

 the name is also in use at Uralla, N.S.W. At Glen Innes it is locally known as 

 "Tumble-down Gum," also by reason of its aspect. " Glassy Gum" is a name in 

 use at Guyra, on account of the vitreous appearance of the bark. " White Sally " 

 is a name in use at Queanbeyan. On the Monaro I have known it to be called 

 " Bigleaf," for obvious reasons. Sometimes it is called " Cattle Gum," because 

 cattle feed on its leaves when grass is scarce. The names " Flooded Gum " and 

 " Peppermint," under which this species is known in Victoria (B.Fl.) would not 

 appear to be in use in this State, and may, perhaps, have arisen through a 

 misapprehension. 



Suckers or Seedling Leaves. — Broader than the mature leaves ; more or 

 less ovate. Near Yarrowitch (New England) I noticed the leaves of some seedlings 

 which were 2 or 3 feet high. The foliage was very coarse, being both large and 

 thick. Following are actual measurements of individual leaves : — 7^- x Z\ inches, 

 8-^- X 3|- inches, Q\ x Z\ inches. Large leaves such as these were not scarce. They 



