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E. gigantea was subsequently described by Mueller in Fragm. ii, 44-, and at 

 p. 45 its supposed differences from E. obliqua L'Herit. were stated. E. obliqua 

 was then not known to him, and he followed Hooker in confusing the two species. 



Mr. Harry Hopkins has favoured me with the following notes in regard to 

 the bark : — 



E. gigantea has tall clean tapering trunks, the bark on the lower half*of stem very thick and 

 woolly, like stringybark. This ceases abruptly at about half the height of the stem or barrel, no matter 

 what height the tree or length of stem may be. Above this the bark is quite clean, very thin, only about 

 half an inch thick, of a pale bluish grey or whitish colour, the old bark peeling off in long thin strips, 

 which do not generally hang loosely about the stem and branches, as is the case with E. regnans. 



■ SYNONYMS. 



It has long been confused with E. obliqua L'Herit., as already explained, and 

 also to a less extent with E. hcemastoma Sm. 



E. delegatensis R. T. Baker, and E. obliqua L'Herit. var. alpina Maiden, 

 are also synonyms. 



RANGE. 



It is a species of cold localities, having only been found in the higher 

 elevations of Tasmania, Victoria, and southern New South Wales. 



Following are some of the localities represented in the National Herbarium, 

 Sydney. 



Tasmania. 



" Gum-topped Stringybark," Lake Sorell (T. Stephens). 



Mount Wellington (Gunn, Nos. 1,965, 1,966). I have another 1,965 Gunn 

 which is from Arthur's Lakes, and the original of Hooker's figure in Fl. Tas. 

 Arthur's Lakes (Gunn, No. 1,103, partim). 



Marlborough (in Gunn's Herbarium, but collected by J. D. Hooker). Marl- 

 borough is Upper Derwent, near Lake St. Clair. 



" Gum-topped Stringybark," East Mount Field. 



Guildford Junction, 2,000 feet, basalt formation. Locally known as " Stringy- 

 bark." Bark fibrous, not a true Stringybark ; branches usually smooth. Trees up 

 to 150 feet. (R. H. Cambage.) 



Parattah and Russell Falls River (T. Stephens). 



