BY HENRY DEANE AND J. H. MAIDEN. 605 
grafts and for other similar common purposes." Subsequently 
Mr. Howitt points out that the aborigines of Gippsland similarly- 
used the bark for tying and lashing, hence their name for the tree, 
"Wang-gnara," which signifies " bark- string." 
Vernacular names. — Already dealt with. 
Bark. — Already dealt with. 
Seedling or sucker leaves. — The young stems have a rusty, 
glandular appearance, and the leaves are very narrow. 
Mature leaves. — Dealt with below. (See page 607). 
Although the leaves of this form are very thin, specimens from 
Bateman's Bay to Wagonga are especially thin. These specimens 
also have unusually narrow leaves. 
Buds. — See page 607. 
Fruits — Large numbers (commonly 20 and more) in an umbel, 
borne on rather long, often filiform pedicels. They have a very 
regular, radiate appearance. Mostly pale coloured when dry. 
Yery uniform in size, 2 to 2J lines (barely) in diameter, and 
pilular in shape. Sometimes they tend to close at the orifice. 
Timber. — It is a white, fissile timber, rather tough when 
freshly cut, but afterwards of inferior strength. It is easily 
worked, but not durable on exposure. It is sometimes, we 
believe, fraudulently or ignorantly substituted for " Mountain 
Gum " ( E. goniocaiyx) in the Braidwood District, with disastrous 
consequences to the durability of the work in which it is used, and 
to the reputation of that undoubtedly valuable timber. 
Range. — From Gippsland, through New South Wales, through- 
out the southern districts, at least as far north as the banks of 
the Nepean in the latitude of Sydney. Subsequent inquiry will 
probably find that it occurs further north. It is fond of valleys; 
we have it from such localities as Kangaroo Yalley (between Moss 
Yale and the coast), and from Hartley Yale (near Mount Yictoria). 
Our specimens from the Deua (Moruya) River and Tantawanglo 
Mountain connect with the Gippsland ones. 
