BY HENRY DEANE AND J. H. MAIDEN. 
597 
Vernacular names. — " Black Sally," Gippsland and Southern 
New South Wales at least as far north as Goulburn ; also New 
England Ranges. " Black Gum," Bombala. 
The above names have been given on account of the rough, 
hard black bark on the butt. 
"Sally Butt," between Bathurst and Orange. The name 
" Sally," without a qualifying adjective, is in use at Bombala, 
Boro, Braidwood and Yass. The name is in allusion to the species 
being often found on the banks of streams, like a sally (sallow or 
willow). " Olive-green Gum " (Leichhardt). " Green Gum," 
County of Argyle and Blue Mountains (Macarthur y ; New Eng- 
land and high land near Braidwood (Dr. Woolls). "White 
Gum," County of Argyle and Blue Mountains (A. Cunn.). "Blue 
Gum" (Forester Mecham, Tumut). "Lead Gum," County of 
Argyle and Blue Mountains; Berrima (Macarthur); Hartley and 
Mudgee (Woolls). 
All the above names, " Olive-green Gum," &c, are attempts to 
describe the appearance of the smooth portion of the bark, which 
varies from white with a bluish or lead-coloured cast to even a 
dirty olive-green. 
The species is a stunted gum growing at high elevations, smooth- 
barked (except at the butt), and looking as if it were blue or 
lead-coloured with the cold. There are so many White Gums 
that we think the name " Lead-coloured Gum" is a useful one, 
while "Black Salty" is better still, and the most widely spread of 
existing names. 
It is called " Muzzle-wood " in Gippsland, but the meaning of 
the name is unknown to us. 
Seedling or sucker leaves.— Ovate-acuminate, larger in size 
and thinner in texture than the mature leaves. The average 
dimensions of some seedling leaves in our possession are 3| inches 
long by a width of one half this. (PL liv., figs. 7-9.) 
Mature leaves. — The tips are often hooked like those of E. 
coriacea and of some forms of other species, e.g., amygdalina. 
The leaves of both species when dry are smooth and usually show 
