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finds it the most lasting timber for mining purposes, but the timber-getters fight shy 

 of it because it is so hard and blunts their tools in no time" (W. Baeuerlen). " Ked 

 Gum," Xyinagee (Dr. H. "Wharton Cox, J. L. Boorman). Eremeran, 30 miles south 

 of Xyinagee (R. H. Cambage). 



-i At 16 miles a new Eucalypt with pale leaves appears, and continues practically 

 the whole way to Condobolin, crossing to the south of the Lachlan. It is known vari- 

 ously as ; Gum,' ' Coolabah,' ' Yellow Bos,' ' Bed Box,' ' Bastard Box,' and is one 

 of the largest trees in the west. It gets its name of Gum from its upper bark on the 

 trunk, and branches being white and smooth, while the lower is light brown and flaky, 

 but the hardness of the wood, which is red and difficult to split, proclaims its affinity 

 to the Box trees." (B. H. Cambage, in Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., 597, 1900.) 



Then we have three specimens, of which only imperfect material has been pre- 

 served. They probably both belong to E. intertexta, but the material is strongly 

 reminiscent of E. bicolor. 



Double Beak, a few miles north of Mount Hope, and west of Euabalong (B. H. 

 Cambage). Euabalong (J. L. Boorman). " Smooth bark" (this, of course, would not 

 apply to E. bicolor), Lake Cudgelhco (Bev. J. W. Dwyer, No. 826). 



South Australia. 



" Bastard Red Gum," Murray Desert (G. Day). In Herb. Melb. as E. bicolor 

 A. Cunn. This is not far from the Victorian border, and I expect to find it recorded 

 from the Mallee district of Victoria. It is the most southerly locality in South Aus- 

 tralia known to me, and connects with the New South Wales ones. 



Tree of 20-30 feet, 20-25 miles east of Hawker (Walter Gill). 



' Resembles Red Gum (E. rostrata) very much in its general appearance at a 

 distance, so that it might easily be taken for it, but a closer inspection shows botanical 

 differences. It grows a fairly big tree, but from what I hear, its timber, though dull 

 red, rather like Red Gum, is much inferior to Red Gum. It is called a ' Bastard Gum,' 

 the usual fate of an unknown Gum." Bolla Bollana, Umberatana, Flinders Ranges 

 (W. Gill). This locality is about 80 miles east of Farina. 



Verbally Mr. Gill says, " Tree looks just like a Red Gum (E. rostrata), but timber 

 paler and no good in ground." The value of E. intertexta timber should be further 

 inquired into. In making comparisons with the timber of E. rostrata, it should be borne 

 in mind that it is a well ascertained fact that in tropical regions its timber is inferior; 

 this may apply to the timber of E. intertexta. 



The following specimens were collected by the Elder Exploring Expedition : — 



1 . Mount Illbillie, the highest point in the Everard Ranges, whence the Expedition 



smarted, going west, say lat. 27 cleg. (R. Helms, 5th June, 1891). As E. largi- 

 florens in Proc. Pioy. Soc, 8.A., XVI, 358. 



2. South of Camp 4 (R. Helms, 11th June. 1891). This is near Mount Bonibonyna. 



3. Camp 17. This is a little west of Mount Watson (R. Helms, 10th July, 1891). 



Labelled E. paniculata by Brof. Tate. 



