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Broome Hill, Great Southern Railway (Dr. A. Morrison). Glabrous, broadly 

 lanceolate, pedicellate mostly, not acuminate. Broome Hill (J.H.M.). 



Then we go about 65 miles west to a locality 14 miles east of Bridgetown (J.H.M.). 



Darling Range, near Darlington (Dr. A. Morrison). 



" Wandoo " or " White Gum." Arborescent, with widely spreading branches, 

 80 feet high, 3 feet diameter. Bark white with grey patches. Sandy or poor soil. 

 Narrow-lanceolate to broader leaves. Midland Junction (W. V. Fitzgerald). 



' White Gum.'' " Spotted Gum,'' " Some (rough) bark at base." Kelmscott 

 (Dr. J. B. Cleland ; Dr. A. Morrison). Hales' Selection, near Kalamunda. White 

 Gum of fair size. Leaves lanceolate to broader (J.H.M.). 



The following note includes a useful reference to the flowering period : — 



The White Gum or Wandoo is chiefly found in a belt of the tableland country extending from the 

 top of the hills for many miles eastward. It is distinguished by the bluish white colour of the outside of 

 the bark and the rich yellow colour of the bark when cut. The wood is hard, tough, and bluish white in 

 colour and very durable. It is very irregular in its blooming, and appears to be affected by seasons, bush 

 foes and so forth, so that it may be blooming one year in one district and another year in another. The 

 period of the year varies considerably; odd trees may be in bloom in July, August and September, but 

 the period of full bloom appears to be from October to November, with odd trees later. It forms its buds 

 two years ahead ; that is to say, when a tree is in bloom, a neighbouring tree which bloomed the year before 

 may have buds formed for the next year ; and as soon as the bloom dies away another lot of buds may form 

 for two years ahead, that is, if the tree is going to bloom then. Trees may bloom two years in succession, 

 but as a rule there is full bloom roughly only once in three years. I have seen White Gums in bloom 

 during every month of the year, although not in the same district or the same year. (Mr. A. H. Smith, 

 of Baker's Hill, in Western Mail, Perth). 



Five miles from Lake Yealering, on the Wickepin Road. Tree 40 feet, and up 

 to 18 inches diameter (Dr. F. Stoward). 



On sand, near Quellington (0. H. Sargent, No. 731). Talbot, near York. 

 Timber drying to a pale red (0. H. Sargent). 



' White Gum. - ' Tree of 20 metres. Bark white. Foliage pendulous, sub- 

 glaucous. Forming oj)en woods with Acacia acuminata. Clackline, Avon (Dr. L. 

 Diels, No. 2574). Avon district (E. Pritzel, No. 313). 



Tree about 30 feet. White bark. York-Perth road, near Cut Hill, York, 

 (0. H. Sargent, No. 279). Tree about 25 feet, smooth white bark. Growing on reddish 

 chocolate soil, mixed with ironstone gravel at foot of hill near Cut Hill, York (0. H. 

 Sargent, No. 284). Tree about 15 feet. Trunk bark dark brown, irregularly fissured 

 like E. foecunda. Branches smooth, white. Foot of Mt. Bakewell, near York (0. H. 

 Sargent, No. 440). Tree of 12 feet. Smooth whitish bark with rough grey-brown 

 scaly pieces loosely adherent to the trunk. Rocky ground foot of Mt. Bakewell (0. H. 

 Sargent, No. 638). 



" White Gum." Green Hills (Dr. F. Stoward). 



Glaucous. Juvenile leaves sessile, cordate at base, broadly lanceolate, acumin- 

 ate. Northam (Forester J. H. Gregory). 



Mogumber (Diels and Pritzel). Glaucous. West from Wongan Hills (Dr. 

 A. Morrison). 



