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"A White Gum, /•.'. micrantha. In sorne respects like /:'. hcemastoma, but the 

 flowers much smaller and never half-barked," Parramatta (Rev. Dr. Woolls); also 

 from Etichmond and the Blue Mountains (W.W.); Fauloonbridge (J.H.M.); Wentworth 

 Falls (J.H.M.); Mount Victoria, Fairy Dell, and other places (J.H.M.); Mount Wilson 

 (Jesse Grcgson and J.H.M.); I 'ox's River, the s])ecific locality for many of the 

 specimens collected by Allan Cunningham in 1817 and October, 1822. and described 

 by him in Barron Field's " (-'eg. Memoirs on N.S.W." pp. 323-365 (R. H. Cambage 

 and J.H.M. " < >n the flat- this grows into a fairly large tree. In such situations 

 one would expect to find the typical form, but it does not appear to exist in any part. 

 of the district. It is largely used for fuel. Marrangaroo on the flats. We did not see 

 any typical E. hcemastoma at Marrangaroo. E. micrantha is very common on the hills 

 and occasionally on the flats. Considerably smaller than the coastal trees, with the 

 -a me branching habit from a usually irregularly-shaped short bole; 30 feet is about 

 the tallest tree met with, and 20 feet is a fair average." (W. F. Blakely and 

 Dr. E. C. Chisholm); Bathurst to Sofala via Peel and Wattle Flat, returning via 

 Limekilns, on the track taken by Allan Cunningham in April, 1823. See his 

 " Journal of a Route from Bathurst to Liverpool Plains," as described by him in 

 Barron Field's " Geog. Memoirs on N.S.W.," pp. 133, &c. (R, H. Cambage and 

 J.H.M.) ; Hill End (J. L. Boorman); Bumberry, near Molong (Dr. J. B. Cleland) ; 

 " S nappy or Cabbage Gum." A much-branched tree of pendulous habit with silvery 

 (eave3. I seless fcr any purpose except firewood. Grattai. Mud gee district (A. Murphy 

 and J. L. Boorman) ; Dunedoo, on the range dividing Talbragar and the Castlereagh 

 River (C. H. Gardner, per Forestry Commission) ; Coonabarabran (B. C. Meek) ; 

 Coonabarabran (Sabina Helms, No. 602); White Gum. Warrumbungle Range 

 sandstone, 3-7 miles from Coonabarabran, Bugaldi, <fcc (Dr. H. I. Jensen, No. 105); 

 about 40 feet high, Pilliga Scrub (Gordon Burrow, No. 17); White Gum. With Red 

 Cum. Styphelias, &c, poor soil, Pilliga Scrub (E. H. F. Swain, No. 15); Grey Gum, a 

 'air-sized tree, strongly resembling E. jmnctafa. Occurring on the range-top at 

 2,000 feet. Parish Terrergee, Co. Courallie (E. H. F. Swain, No. 6); White Gum, 

 I" feet high, 7-8 feet girth, Warrumbungle Range (E. H. F. Swain, No. 1); White 

 Cum. Very smooth, very white bark, cleaning from the ground, timber very brittle. 

 Height of about 60 feet, girth of about 5 feet, Warialda (W. A. W. de Beuzeville). 



Sydney District. Field of Mars, Port Jackson (J. J. Fletcher, R. H. Cambage, 

 J.H.M.); Garden Palace Grounds, Sydney (J. H. Camfield). From one of the two 

 remaining original trees <>| the forest of White Gums which at one time covered large 

 -uampy areas in the Outer Domain, The following specimens were presented by the 

 British Museum (through Dr. A. B. Hendle, F.R.S.). They were collected by George 

 < ialey (Sir Joseph Banks's botanical collector) in the year 1805. No. 19 " White Gum, 

 P. (? I'arramatta). Feb. 10. 1805" (in Caley's handwriting). Also No. 57. 



A lather graceful-looking tree with slender branches, very similar to E. hcemastoma 



in the bark, but differing in the consistently small leaves and small fruits. Gibberagong 



ek, Kuring-gai Chase (boundary) (W. F. Blakely and D. W. C. Shiress); 1 mile 



