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 New South Wales. 



Southern Localities. — Between 13 and 14 mile-posts, Cooma Road, Braidwood. 

 The most southerly locality recorded (R. H. Cambage); Fagan's Creek, Braidwood. 

 (W. Baeuerlen) ; " Sally," " Messmate," Crookwell, also Nimbo Station, head of 

 Queanbeyan River (H. Deane) ; Bungendore Road past Burbong, Queanbeyan (R. H. 

 Cambage) ; Parish of Durren Durra, County of St. Vincent (C. J. Clulee). 



Bindook Swamp, Yerranderie (R. H. Cambage) ; Berrima (J. L. Boorman). 



Western Localities. — Walker's River, Wallerawang (A. Murphy). 



" Sally " or " Peppermint." Fair-sized trees. Tips of the branches remark- 

 ably brittle. Plentiful along the lowlands of the district. Wallerawang (H. Deane, 

 J.H.M., J. L. Boorman). 



Capertee (J. L. Boorman). 



" Flooded Gum." The bark is rough and brittle, inclined to be curly; it breaks 

 off in small pieces from 4 to 5 inches, and is of a reddish-brown and a grey colour. It 

 grows along the sides of swamps. Jenolan Caves (W. F. Blakely). 



On Swatchfield Road, 11 miles south-west of Oberon (R. H. Cambage); "Black 

 Gum," Oberon (H. W. Garling). 



Near Orange, on the Cadia Road, which remains its most western locality at 

 present (R. H. Cambage) ; Rockley, " Flooded Gum of Burraga " (R. H. Cambage). 



AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. Macarthuri Deane and Maiden. 



Both grow in similar situations, are often somewhat similar in appearance, and, 

 although E. Macarthuri is the more erect and handsome, have not dissimilar-looking 

 fruit. The venation of the mature leaves and the shape of the juvenile leaves, however, 

 divide them sharply. A confusion which arose between the two species has already 

 been referred to. E. Macarthuri is a " Woolly-butt," and a common name for 

 E. aggregata is " Black Gum." These two names fairly well indicate their barks, 

 that of the former being softer and sub-fibrous, that of the latter being, as a rule, hard 

 and flaky and often dark in colour. Plate 104 may be referred to. 



2. With E. camphora R. T. Baker. 



Both these species are Gums. The juvenile leaves of E. camphora have more 

 spreading venation, are longer, often obovate, and always with long petioles. The 

 buds are a good deal alike, but the operculum of E. camphora is more acuminate. The 

 fruits are often so similar as to require caution, but the buds of E. camphora are more 

 conoid, with a very short pedicel or sessile and sometimes prominently exserted valves. 



