BY HENRY DEANE AND J. H. MAIDEN. 
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specimen of E. amygdalina in the " Eucalyptographia." (See 
var latifolia). Following is a general description of them : — 
The fruits are of a pilular shape, though with some slight 
tendency to pear-shape. They are wide at the mouth and almost 
hemispherical, somewhat in the manner of E. acmenoides. 
Bentham's " sub-globose truncate " applies to many of the forms. 
The tips of the valves are sometimes slightly exserted. 
Timber. — Pale-coloured (nearly white) when newly cut, but 
drying to a pale brown. Often liable to gum veins, which tend 
to form thin concentric rings. Of inferior durability and strength 
as a very general rule, but we have some apparently well authen- 
ticated instances of the durability of this timber for posts and 
shingles in the New England District. 
Range. — Extending from Victoria along the various coast 
mountain ranges and their spurs at least as far north as New 
England, and westerly as far as the western slopes of the Blue 
Mountains. 
Some specific localities in this Colony may be stated as follows : 
— Mountain Top, near Nimitybelle (Silver Top;. Braid wood 
District. G-oulburn District generally. At Marulan, Eucalyptus 
oil is distilled from this form (Peppermint). Kangaloon (White- 
topped Mountain Ash). Hill Top and Mittagong. Mt. Wilson. 
Mt. Victoria (Narrow-leaved Peppermint). New England (Mess- 
mate) The specimens from the last two localities are to all 
intents and purposes identical. 
2. Var. radiata ("River White Gum"). 
Introductory. — We have a fairly distinct tree which goes under 
the names of "White Gum," "River Gum," "River White Gum," 
"Ribbon Gum," and even "Narrow-leaved Peppermint." 
Its favourite habitat is on the sides of gullies, or on the steep 
.banks of rivers, often some distance from the bed of the river or 
creek, but usually (perhaps always) on a well-drained slope leadin 
to a water-course. We have not observed the tree out of gullies. 
