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The juvenile leaves are lanceolate and glaucous. Mueller states that " The 

 extraordinary abundance of oil in the leaves, approximately 4 per cent, in the fresh 

 foliage, points this species out as the leading one in Western Australia for oil distillation " 

 (Forest Resources of W.A.). He dwells on this in his " Eucalyptographia." 



VARIETY. 



Var. glauca, var. nov. 



Trees 70 miles north of Kurrawang (J.H.M.) are wholly glaucous and with sessile 

 inflorescence. This form is so different to the ordinary species that it seems to me 

 to be worthy of a varietal name. 



RANGE. 



It is confined to Western Australia, so far as we know, but it may yet be found 

 in western South Australia. It grows on flats and not on ridges. 



The type came from between Victoria Spring and Ularing (Ularring), (i.e., 

 probably in the vicinity of the Kalgoorlie-Menzies railway line. Ularring is south of 

 Lake Barlee and Queen Victoria Spring is north-east of Coolgardie). In the " Eucalypto- 

 graphia " Mueller also quotes " From the eastern bases of the Darling Range, towards 

 the more arid inland tracts, at least as far as Yurindin (Forrest). Speaking generally 

 it is a native of districts of low rainfall." 



The following refer to particular specimens : — 



" Fluted Gum tree." Upper Swan River (Mueller). This is apparently the 

 record nearest to Perth, and it is a pity that the precise locality was not given, as it is 

 not found quite near to Perth. 



" Bark very smooth, thin; timber pale brown, heavy, fissile, used for fencing 

 rails and posts, also gates. Good firewood. Said to be the strongest timber. Two 

 inches in diameter, a good straight barrel, it runs up and is not a shade tree." Goomal- 

 ling. (Percy Murphy.) 



Eighty feet, diameter 2 feet, stamens white. Cunderdin (W. V. Fitzgerald). 

 Tammin (J.H.M.); Kellerberrin (F. H. Vachell). 



East of York (Sayer and Carlson, from Herb. Melb.). Mueller looked upon this 

 as a variety of E. oleosa with flattened stalklet. 



" With a smooth light brown or greenish bark, and the trunk has deep, often 

 twisted longitudinal grooves, 40-50 feet high." Coweowing, near Watheroo (Max 

 Koch, No. 988). 



Nine miles north of Bullabulling (W. V. Fitzgerald), Bullabulling (Dr. F. S toward, 

 No. 89). 



