These broad-leaved forms are usually (though not exclusively) found in swamps and flats, hence 

 the local names "' Swamp Gum," " Red Swamp Gum," and here we would point out that the habitat 

 " Forest Eed Gum " (E. tereticornis) as compared with " River Red Gum " (E. rostrata) is only generally 

 and not absolutely true. This is an instance of the difficulty and even impossibility of giving entirely 

 satisfactory vernacular names to many species of Eucalyptus. 



We may point out that the timber of the broad-leaved forms is of very inferior cpiality (Mr. Forest 

 Ranger Rudder, Agric. Gazette N.S.W., 1S96, p. 15, says nearly worthless "), and this enables us to under- 

 stand the conflicting statements sometimes published in regard to E. tereticornis timber, which normally 

 is one of the most valuable timbers we have. As a general rule it may be stated that Eucalyptus timbers 

 grown in moist situations are deficient in durability and strength. 



The above note on var. latifolia refers in part both to var. latifolia Benth. and 

 also to E. amplifolia Naudin ; in other words, it goes beyond Bentham's definition. 



As to E . -amplifolia, see p. 19. 



Var. latifolia Benth. can only be applied to certain coastal forms of central and 

 northern Queensland, so far as our knoAvledge goes at piesent. It can be easily 

 understood by reference to p. 11, and also to the figures on Plate 129. 



2. Var. braehyeorys Benth. 



This is E. punctata DC. See Vol. iii (Part xxix) p. 194 of the present work. 



3. Var. brevifoTia Benth. 



This is included in E. Bancrofti Maiden, and is figured and described in the present 

 Part of this work. See figures 3 a-d, Plate 130, also page 15. 



4. Var. (?) brevirostris Benth. 



Bentham (B. Fl. iii, 241) refers to a variety brevirostris, which I have not seen. 

 The full reference is : — 



" E. acuminata Hook, in Mitch. Trop. Austral. 390, from the interior of Queens- 

 land, appears to be a variety of E. rostrata, with the operculum more conical and less 

 rostrate, approaching the var. brevirostris of E. tereticornis." The plates of E. tereticornis 

 show short operculumed forms, but it is idle to speculate, under the circumstances. 



A variety brevirostris Mueller, of E. longirostris (rostrata), will be found referred 

 to under E. rostrata in Part xxxiii. 



RANGE. 



It extends from east Gtippsland (Victoria) from end to end of coastal New South 

 Wales and Queensland, extending to Papua, being one of the few species occurring 

 beyond Australia. Westerly it extends as far as the table-lands, but it prefers a 

 sheltered situation when the elevation approaches 2,500 feet. Above that elevation 

 it is usually replaced by one of the species kindred to it. 

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