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Tki^ South Ju^frahan Naturalist 
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN TREES. 
No. 3, Eucalyptus leucoxylou, F.v.M., Yellow Guni. 
By Ernest H. ising and W. Ham. 
I GENERAL. 
'I'hts species is one of the best known in South Australia and 
is [Hit to many and varied uses, from firewood to building timber. 
On account of its whitish hard bark it has been called in some 
districts ‘‘White Ironbark." other vernaculars have been given it 
such as “White Gum" but more generally “Blue Gum.” It is 
chidly known by the latter name in this State, but this is con- 
fusing as another Gum (E. globulus) has the prior use of this 
common name. The term 'O'Yllow Gum” (given on account of 
the yellowish inner bark) has been used in Beuhne’s “Honey 
Flora of Victoria” and by writers in this Journal at various times. 
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Vcalv^S. 
II DESCRIPTIVE. 
d'his State has the honour of producing the type of this 
sjiccies which was named by Mueller from specimens collected 
in the Lofty' Range bv Miquel, in 1855. The specific name 
“leucoxylon” means “'white wood” (Gr. leucos, white 
and zylon, wood) and refers to the colour of the timber. 
