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On 18th May, 1904, he wrote as follows in reply to my request for further 

 information : — 



" This tree is of large size up to 3 and 4 feet in diameter, and of corresponding height, is of wide 

 distribution, and is fairly plentiful on the roadside between Stroud and Gloucester, also in western parts 

 of the county of that name in many places. Have also seen it on the Richmond River. It is generally 

 found on low-lying flats, not always, but generally near water. The leaves of some of these trees are very 

 narrow, and mostly sickle-shaped, and the blossoms not unfrequently of more or less reddish colour. This 

 tree is associated with another variety of E. tereticornis, which is very similar in general appearance, but the 

 timber of the latter is of a darker red, and is soft and worthless. Its leaves also are broader, and the 

 operculum much more pointed. 



If you would like further confirmation of what I have said about the. timber of the first-mentioned 

 tree, I would refer you to A. T. Lawry, Esq., of Rawdon Vale, via Gloucester, on whose property the fence, 

 from which the post I referred to was taken, was erected." 



There is an element of uncertainty in regard to the " very narrow-leaved variety," 

 and I am sorry I did not ask Mr. Rudder for specimens before he left the Forest Depart- 

 ment, but I think E. Seeana is probably referred to as one of the " two varieties of 

 E. tereticornis" It should be looked for between Stroud and Gloucester, and the 

 western part of the County of Gloucester generally. 



Somewhat north-west of this, we have " Ribbon or Red Gum " from Murrurundi 

 (W. F. Blakely). The leaves are comparatively broadish, and there are no buds. 



We now take a jump to the New South Wales-Queensland border, and it is only a 

 question of time when material will be available from intermediate localities. 



" Obtained in granite country ; fairly large tree. This tree can be easily picked 

 out from the other Red Gums (E. tereticornis) about, as it is a scaly bark and inferior 

 looking tree with no barrel of any value." Acacia Creek, Macpherson Range (W. Dunn, 

 No. 353). 



" May be E. tereticornis, but leaves are not so plainly veined, and fruit slightly 

 different; small tree." (W. Dunn, No. 184.) " Small tree. I do not think this will 

 prove to be E. tereticornis, if so, the species varies a good deal." (W. Dunn, No. 185.) 

 Both 184 and 185 are from " high altitude, Acacia Creek towards Wilson's Downfall." 



On acid granite, Wilson's Downfall. (R. H. Cambage, No. 2,833.) 



" Eucalyptus tereticornis Sm., placed with E. fibrosa by Bentham." This is 

 Mueller's label on a specimen collected and labelled by Dr. Leichhardt, circa 1843. 

 "No. 102, Binnandak." (? Binnandale). I do not know whether this locality is in 

 Queensland or New South Wales. The reference to E. fibrosa will be understood on 

 turning to vol. i p. 325, of the present work. 



Queensland. 

 Mr. C. J. White has recently sent this from Albion Park, a suburb of Brisbane, and 

 he says it is not rare in the district. He describes it as with a " smooth, blotchy bark, 

 somewhat like that of E. propinqua." 



" Cabbage Gum." " Young growth from burnt saplings after a bush fire." These 

 are linear-lanceolate. Burpengary, Moreton Bay, South Queensland. (Dr. T. L. 

 Bancroft.) 



