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At Berrirna (on the banks of the Wingecarribee, opposite the Rectory) is a 

 Ribbony Gum, with rough black bark up to the first fork. The rough bark is much 

 like that of E. viminalis. The habit of the tree is more erect as to foliage than • 

 tbat of the normal corlacea close bv. The timber is white and full of srum veins, 

 like coriacea. The fruits are more hemispherical than the rest of the trees in the 

 neighbourhood. The species is, however, very close to E. coriacea ; and in all my 

 travels I have not previously seen an E. coriacea a real Ribbony Gum as this is. 

 E. coriacea is a species that does not present much evidence of variation as a rule, 

 and I am inclined to think that this particular tree may present evidence of 

 hybridisation, perhaps with E. amygclalina. It may he conspecific with Mr. Baker's 

 E. vitrea. 



Following are some western localities : — " Snappy Gum," Jenolan Caves. — 

 Bark smooth and mottled ; there are two or three tints of slate colour with white 

 streaks (W. F. Blakely). "Cabbage Gum," Capertee. — Large trees plentiful all 

 through the low lands of the district. Tendency to be pipy. Ribbony at hase 

 and clean for the most part throughout, Timber soft, useless (J. L. Boorman.) 

 Tarana. — A large white shining gum tree, considered in the locality a great lasting 

 timber in the ground (A. Murphy). " Large-leaved White Gum," Sidmouth Valley. 

 — Cattle and horses are fond of the leaves (W. Woolls). Sidmouth Valley was 

 formerly called Lowe's Swamp, and is described in Wells' Gazetteer, 1848, as " a 

 broad and very difficult morass, in the couuty of Westmoreland, 102 miles from 

 Sydney." The Sidmouth Valley Creek, a small southern tributary of the Fish River, 

 runs through it. Millthorpe. — " White Gum," thin bark, stands well in ground (R. 

 H. Cambage). Top of Canoblas, about 4,500 feet above sea-level (R. H. Cambage) ; 

 this is var. alpina. Canoblas, near Orange (Elliott Bros., Sydney). — Transit between 

 the normal and alpine form. Kerr's Creek, near Orange. — " Cabbage or White 

 Gum," found in hroken, sour, pipe-clay country. Timber soft, inferior, does not 

 stand the ground well; used for rails (Forest Ranger Martin). Peak Hill (J. M. 

 Curran). 



As regards the north, it is found all over New England, as far north as 

 Tenterfield. I expect it will be recorded from elevated localities between Orange 

 and New England. In New England we find about Walcha (J. F. Campbell and 

 J.H.M.) the ordinary and the alpine form. It is called "Weeping Gum" at 

 Salisbury, Uralla (H. Deane), and " Glassy Gum," Guyra (H. Deane). It has not 

 heen recorded from Queensland, but I should not be surprised if it were to be found 

 in the ranges about Stanthorpe. 



