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En Gippsland it is found in many parts, for instance : Toongabbie, Bairnsdale, Bruthen, the Lakes 

 Entrance, bat nowhere to such an amount as to form the greater part of the forest. 



It is therefore nearly cut out. Young forests are, however, growing up in the localities referred 

 to north of the Dividing Range. 



The following applies to Gippsland : — 



This tree does not form forests in Gippsland, as in other parts of Victoria, but occurs scattered 

 over a wide extent of country, from sea-level up to 2,000 feet. It grows upon various formations, as, for 

 instance, Toongabbie, on recent alluviums, Tertiary clays, and Upper Silurian ; at Bairnsdale, upon 

 miocene and later tertiary beds; at Glen Maggie, upon Upper Silurian sandstone; at Upper Freestone 

 Creek, upon Upper Devonian conglomerates; at Noyang, upon Talajozoic Plutonic rocks; and nfar 

 Buchan, on Tertiary sands and clays. 



I have not observed it further to the westward of Toongabbie, and it varies but little, if at all, in 

 character throughout Gippsland. (Howitt, " Eucalypts of Gippsland.") 



Following are some Victorian' localities : — 



Maryborough, " Rough-barked Ironbark " (J. Blackburne, A. W. Howitt) ; 

 Heathcote (W. S. Brownscombe) ; Bendigo (W. W. Froggatt) ; Jackson's Creek 

 (C. Walter) ; Gouiburn A'alley (Sylvester Browne) ; Red Knob, via Metung and 

 Swan Reacb, Gippsland, a typical rugged Ironbark (J.H.M.). 



Note. — In Victoria it is often called the " Rugged-barked variety " (of 

 lencoxylon). 



New South Wales. 



Twofold Bay, "Ironbark or Black Mountain Ash" (B.Fl. iii, 210). (See 

 Oldfield's label, showing how the erroneous name " Mountain Ash " arose); 

 Pambula and Eden (A. W. Howitt, J.H.M.) ; Wagonga (J. S. Allan). 



" The nearest commercial Ironbark procurable is at a distance of 30 miles 

 east of Braidwood, near Nelligen, and separated by the Coast Range, viz., the 

 Sugar Loaf Mountain. Ironbark is also obtainable at Mericombene, Parish of Milo, 

 40 miles S.E. of Braidwood, and separated by the Araluen Mountain" (J. V. de 

 Cocpj.e) ; Mudmelong, Araluen (J.H.M.). 



Liverpool (A. Rudder) ; Fairfield (H. Deane) ; Canley Vale (E. Betche) ; 

 Bankstown and Cabramatta, "Bastard Ironbark" (to distinguish it from E. 

 pantculata, &c.) (J. L. Boorman) ; " Pink or Crimson -flowering Ironbark," 1S-30 

 inches diameter, 40-60 feet high, from the vicinity of Parramatta ; a beautiful 

 flowering tree, but scarcely to be considered valuable for timber (Sir William 

 Macarthur) ; Miss A. F. Walker, of Rhodes, Ryde, tells me that F. sideroxylon 

 was once common at Five Dock, Parramatta River; George's Biver (B.Fl. iii, 210) • 



Rankin's Springs, 60 miles north of Whitton (W. S. Campbell) ; range of 

 mountains dividing the Counties of Bourke and Bland, commencing at the northern 

 boundary of Forest Reserve No. 2,785, County of Bourke (J. Duff). 



