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Boorman). "Lead-coloured Gum" of Berrima, No. 35, London Cat., 1862; 226, 

 Paris Cat., 1855. Diameter, 18 to 30 inches ; height, 30 to 40 feet. " Of no 

 value for timber, hut excellent for fuel." The ahove are all southern localities. 



Following are western localities : — Wentworth Falls, narrow-leaved form 

 (J. H. Camfield) ; Blackheath, narrow-leaved form, also a form with the fruits 

 in dense globular umbels (J.1I.M.) ; Mount Victoria and Kanimbla Valley, normal 

 and narrow-leaved forms (J.H.M.) ; Mount Wilson, narrow-leaved form (Jesse 

 Gregson) ; Jenolan Caves, " Black Sally " (W. Blakeley) ; TVallerawang (H. Deane 

 and J.H.M.) ; Rylstone (R. T. Baker) ; "Messmate," trees from 30-50 feet; bark 

 rough, dark ; sap-wood white ; the heart- wood dark brown and gummy, branches 

 pendulous, tips of the branches and buds yellow, branches slightly ribbony. — Sunny 

 Corner (J. L. Boorman) ; Charlton, Bathurst (R. H. Cambage) ; Millthorpe 

 (A. W. Howitt). 



Coming to the north, I have not seen it north of Sydney or Bathurst until 

 New England is reached, but doubtless there are intermediate localities. It is more 

 or less plentiful all over the table-land. There are copses or thickets of it at 

 Yarrowitch, also umbrageous small trees. At Tia, and elsewhere, the trunks are 

 2 to 3 feet in diameter. These localities are on the Port Macquarie-Walcha road. 



On the Grafton- Armidale road I followed it from Bald Hills to Guy Fawkes 

 and right on to the Bound Mountain. Its furthest northern locality is a matter for 

 enquiry. 



AFFINITY. 



Its only real affinity is with E. coriacea, A. Cunn., but the two species will rarely 

 be confused. 



