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The facts seem to be as follows, and I will deal with some of them at greater 

 length when treating of E. elceophora : — 



(1) The original E. gonlocalyx, F.v.M., is what was known as E. elceophora, 

 F.v.M., or E. Cambagei, Deane and Maiden. 



(2) Mueller, in Fragm. ii, 48, redescribed his original E. gonlocalyx as E. 

 elceophora. 



(3) In the Eucalyptographla he included, under the name of E. gonlocalyx, 

 two trees — a smooth-barked gum and a rough-barked species, the former being what 

 is now generally known as E. gonlocalyx, F.v.M., and the latter as E. elceophora, F.v.M. 



(4). I think it would cause endless confusion to attempt to suppress E. 

 gonlocalyx, F.v.M., now, redescribing the smooth-barked Gum (which is the tree 

 universally accepted now as E. gonlocalyx) under another name. 



E. gonlocalyx sensu strlctii) may be briefly described as follows : — 



A tall tree, bark smoothish, but with ribbons and more or less roughish and even flaky bark at butt. 

 Found in gullies or damp bottoms. 



Timber pale-coloured, fissile. 



Juvenile foliage thin, broad to narrower, pale underside or equally green on both sides. 



Seedlings narrowisb, with pale undersides to the leaves. 



l>U(ls pointed but sometimes blunter; operculum of lesser diameter, shorter than calyx tube: 

 filaments drying dark. 



Fruits pear-shaped and angled, sometimes with a rim, stalked or sessile, valves sunk, flush with 

 orifice or exsert. In parts of New South Wales orifice quite open and not slightly contracted. 



Recorded Varieties. 



1. Var. acuminata, Benth. 



Flowers more distinctly pedicellate, the bud narrow, the operculum longer 

 and more acuminate. Gippsland, F. Mueller. (B.F1. iii, 230.) 



I have a drawing of a type specimen of this plant, and have seen the original, 

 which I think can hardly be maintained as a variety. 



2. " Var. pollens. Specimens glaucous white, as in E. dealbata. Mountains on 



Snowy River, F. Mueller." (B.F1. iii, 230.) See below, p. 276. 



RANGE. 



E. gonlocalyx is found in the States of South Australia, Victoria, and New 

 South Wales, favouring valleys with moisture and fairly good soil. 



Victoria. 

 " E. gonlocalyx has a wide range in Gippsland, especially in the western parts. 



It grows well in the deep shady gullies of the southern slopes of the mountains, where it reaches 

 some 200 feet to 250 feet in height, with a tall massive bole. In its typical form it occurs in the valley of 

 the Thompson River, on the I T pper Wellington, near Grant, on the southern slopes of Fainting Range at 



