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do not taper to a point, but are of the same general character 
as those already described. Then 1 have juvenile foliage from 
South Australian localities, collected by myself, which is narrower 
in width, but as it is not in as early juvenile stage as that de- 
scribed by me from Western Australia, I invite attention to the 
matter in order that representative specimens may be collected. 
On the Kurrawang wood line, at a distance of nearl}- 70 miles 
north of Kurrawang, I found a large tree known as “ Snap and 
Rattle Gum ” in abundance, which, in my opinion, belongs to 
this species. The type form is, of course, a shrub, but the Kur- 
rawang form iand it is common in the drier parts of Western 
Australia' is over 2 feet in diameter, but not tall, and grows in 
divaricate clumps, but not mallee like. 
It has flaky (thin box-like) bark at butt, smooth above, and 
like so many of the Goldfields Eucalypts, a deep cigar-brown 
timber. In the Kurrawang district it is always a rotten tree, 
not of much account as a fuel wood, being full of pipe and dirt. 
It gives great heat and hence good for loco, fuel, but it is too 
dwarf and crooked for the mines. 
The variety is rather common at Southern Cross. It also 
occurs at Kalgoorlie. Mr. O. H. Sargent also sends it to me from 
near Salt River, 10 miles east of County Peak, Beverley, as the 
‘Parker Gum ” of the new settlers, but not to be confused with 
the true “ Parker Gum ” allied to or identical with the “ Morrel,” 
see p. 171 
Specimens of var. gracilis have angled fruits connecting 
with those of lypica, e.g., Euston to Mildura, Victoria (W. S. 
Brownscombe). 
I will point out under var celastroides that the varieties 
gracilis and celastroides run into each other. This applies to the 
fruits ; it also applies to the leaves, which are sometimes of the 
intermediate character, neither glaucous (as var. celastroides ) 
nor shiny (as var. gracilis). 
Var. celastroides (Maiden). 
See my “ Critical Revision,” part iii, p. 79. 
Following are field notes of three trees from localities at a 
considerable distance from each other : — 
(1) Two feet in diameter, box-like bark, smooth branches, 
fruit rather small (as small as var. gracilis often is). Foliage 
somewhat pendulous. Kalgoorlie. 
(2) “White Gum” or “Blackbutt.” Suckers glaucous 
(stems square), medium-broadish. Timber cigar brown, a litttle 
bark (rough) at butt, smooth above. Fruit urceolate, somewhat 
like var. gracilis, but quite different from “ Snap and Rattle.” 
Lannin’s timber camp, about 70 miles north of Kurrawang. 
(3) “ Blackbutt,” t 8 inches in diameter, 30 feet high, more 
or less pendulous. Branchlets glaucous. Did not find suckers. 
Rough bark extending more up trunk than E. goniantha var. 
