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Mt. Blaxland to Rydal (R. H. Cambage and J.H.M.); " Blue Gum," " Drooping 

 Gum," Tarana (A. Murphy). 



" Ribbony Gum " ; large trees on flats. Distinguished from Red Gum (tereti- 

 cornis) by the ribbony base and the cleaner grain of the timber. Base of stem of a 

 bluish colour, with patches of a darker green. In threes. A coarse form of the species ; 

 Wattle Flat, Sunny Corner (J. L. Boorman). 



" A large Blue Gum similar in appearance to E. saligna and quite as large. Grows 

 in the vicinity of Sunny Corner and the tributaries of the Turon generally, near creeks 

 and in flat country " (A. Murphy). 



In the Capertee Valley E. rubida has flowers in threes and with yellowish pointed 

 buds. At Capertee I found several typical trees with several flowers in fours and a few 

 in fives. Further examination of trees in some other parts of the State shows that 

 (like normal viminalis) normal E. rubida has usually flowers in threes but not constantly 

 so. When the buds are taken from a dead branch they have a shiny appearance and 

 are of a pinkish or pale-red colour, not easily described, but apparently a useful character 

 for classification purposes. 



I observed E. rubida and E. viminalis growing alongside at Ben Bullen, Mudgee 

 line. Both have ribbony trunks, and the colouration of the trunks and the habit of 

 the trees are exactly the same. I can find no difference between them except of a 

 botanical character. 



Hargraves, multiflowered, and often glaucous (R. H. Cambage, J. L. Boorman, 

 A. Murphy). 



Rockley Road, 16^ miles from Bathurst (R. H. Cambage); Blayney, glaucous 

 (J.H.M.); Little River, near Burraga (R. H. Cambage). 



Top of Canoblas, Orange (R. H. Cambage, J.H.M., J. L. Boorman). This is an 

 intensely glaucous form, the operculum larger in proportion to the calyx, the valves 

 well exserted. It has the sharp Gunnii rims to the buds. 



This specimen (a good deal similar to Kangiara, Bowning) connects typical 

 Gunnii and E. rubida excellently. It has the fruit and other characters of rubida; on 

 the other hand it is unmistakably allied to Gunnii, and an additional instance of how 

 protean the species is. Orange and Millthorpe (A. W. Howitt) ; Forest Reefs, Orange 

 (R. H. Cambage). 



Northern Localities.— ' White or Grey Guru," 14 feet girth, 150 feet high, with 

 barrel of 60 feet, Forest Reserve No. 1,541, Parish of Nundle (No. 8, M. H. Simon). 



Foliage coarse, as is common in northern trees, approximating to E. acervula. 

 The buds reminiscent of those of E. goniocalyx F.v.M. The northern trees are usually 

 larger than those in the south, better grown, with straighter timber. 



' White Gum," tall, white-barked tree, running to as much as 60 feet without 

 a limb, straight, but inferior timber. F.R. 2,700, Parish Bundulla, County Pottinger, 

 tablelaud, black soil. (No. 27, M. H. Simon.) Mr. Simon also sends it from Swamp 

 Oak, Parish Vernon. Countv Parrv. 



