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George Caley (Sir Joseph Banks' botanical collector in the Sydney district, 

 1800-1810) gave " Bargargro " as the aboriginal name for this Ironbark. He also 

 noted the variations of white flowers, small red flowers, and large red flowers, in 

 this species.* 



Varieties. 



Bentham (B.Fl. iii, 210) enumerates, under E. leucoxylon, two varieties, 

 which, as far as the New South Wales specimens are concerned, are, in part at least, 

 referable to E. sideroxylon, A. Cunn. They are : — 



i. "var. pallens. — Leaves not so coriaceous and whitish." 



I will deal with the forms attributed to E. sideroxylon when I arrive at 

 E. Caleyi, Maiden. E. sideroxylon is, in some districts, and at certain seasons, more 

 or less glaucous, and some specimens are referable to E. Caleyi. I am of opinion 

 that var. pallens cannot stand. 



ii. "var. minor. — Blowers rather smaller and often more numerous at the 

 ends of the branches. Parramatta, Woolls." 



I have seen the specimens and do not think that this variety can be 

 maintained, if only because it refers to a mixture of two distinct species. E. sideroxylon 

 varies somewhat in the size of the flowers, though not to the extent that E. 

 leucoxylon does. The South Australian specimens referred to I will deal with under 

 E. leucoxylon. 



RANGE. 



It is confined to Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland, so far as is 

 known at present. Speaking of New South Wales, Mr. R. H. Carnbage states that 

 it rarely occurs at an altitude exceeding 2,000 feet, and shows a decided preference 

 for sedimentary formations. The type locality is, as has already been stated, about 

 midway between Condobolin and Wyalong West. 



Victoria. 

 The confusion between E. sideroxylon and E. leucoxylon originated in 

 Victoria, where both species occur, and the following unpublished official report 

 of Mr. A. W. Howitt, dated 1895, is useful : — 



The Ironbark is of two varieties (leucoxylon and sideroxylon. — J.H.M.) botanically speaking, but in 

 practice there is no difficulty in distinguishing between them. 



The variety which is universally known as " Ironbark " grows especially in the neighbourhood of 

 Bendigo, Maryborough, Costerfield, Chiltern, and other places to the north of the Great Dividing Range. 

 At the places named there are State Forests and Timber Reserves, but with the exception of the forest 

 between Costerfield and Rushworth, the Ironbark is practically cut out. 



■ Maiden, in Agric. Gazette N.S. W., 1903, p. 990. 



