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South Australia. 



Mount Lofty Ranges, near Adelaide ; in places upon the southern slopes of 

 the main range running through Kangaroo Island ; along the coast from the 

 Glenelg River to Lake Bonney in places around and near Mount Gamhier; Mounts 

 Burr and Mclntyre Forest Reserves ; Cave Range Forest Reserve ; in places near 

 Narracoorte, on the Kingston and Narracoorte railway line; and several other 

 districts of less importance in the south-east. (" The Forest Flora of South 

 Australia," hy J. Ednie Brown.) 



The late Professor Ralph Tate gave the range in South Australia as "Adelaide 

 district, Kangaroo Island, and the volcanic area of the south-east corner of the State, 

 or the Mount Gamhier district." 



" Eucalyptus fabrorum, Schlecht., Lofty Ranges, Ferd. Miiller, Pharm. 

 Cand." This is a specimen collected hy Mueller, in 1847 or 1848, named as above 

 by Schlcchtendal, and referred to by Miquel in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. IV. 



Victoria. 



" In vast masses, constituting on the more barren ranges in nearly all parts of our territory the 

 prevalent timber."— (Mueller, in Cat. Tech. Mus., Melbourne.) 



Mr. A. W. Howitt, reporting on Victoria as a whole, says : — 



The Messmate, also locally called "Stringybark" (E. obliqua), grows in almost all parts of Victoria, 

 excepting the northern areas, from the sea coast up to about 4,000 feet above the sea. 



It is found extensively in Gippsland, in the Gape Otway Ranges, and generally in the mountains of 

 the Dividing Range. It also occurs (so far as I remember) in the Ballarat and in the Creswick and 

 Bullarook forests. 



The following refers to Gippsland only : — 



This eucalypt is principally found in the western and south-western portions of Gippsland, where 

 it, in many places, forms the whole of the forests, or is in others mixed with E. goniocalyx, E. viminalis, 

 E. Gunnii, and E. globulus. It appears to be essentially a littoral form, but ascends the mountains to 

 considerable elevations in the cool, shady, moist gullies on the southern slopes. For instance, in the Great 

 Dividing Range, where the Nicholson River rises, E. obliqua follows up the damp gullies on the south 

 side and forms part of the forest on the summit, together with E. Sieberiana (b), E. viminalis (a), and 

 E. amygdalina (b). It occurs also in Eastern Gippsland, as, for instance, at Buchan, Gelantipy, Bonang, 

 and Bendoc. It varies but little in character, although the form of the fruit is, in some cases — as, for 

 instance, near Port Albert, in the sandy coast country — not epiite so truncate ovate as in the typical forms, 

 yet in all cases the peculiar unequal-sided ovate lanceolar or even cordate lanceolar and pointed form of the 

 leaves always marks the saplings and large seedlings from those of any other species. (Traits. Boy. Soc. 

 Vict., 1890-1, vol. II, p. 92.) 



New South Wales. 



It extends from south to north of the State. Its northernmost limit is a 

 matter for further investigation, but it extends nearly to the Queensland border. It 

 is found growing in company with E. goniocalyx and other species on the Irish 

 Corner Mountain, Reidsdale, Sugarloaf Mountain, and around Monga, both on the 



