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abundantly, in company with “ Cut-tail ” and other Eucalypts, at a height of about 
3,000 feet above the sea. At lleidsdale it occurs at an elevation of from 2,000 to 
2,500 feet, and in New England nearly 4,000 feet. 
Southern. —Tantawanglo Mountain (H. Deane and J.H.M.) ; “Messmate,” 
Candelo (A. Rudder); “ Tororago ” (PTarago), Twofold Bay, S.E. Australia, 
No. 266, S. Mossman. In Herb. Cant, ex herb. Lemann. Doubtless Tarago, 
via Braid wood, on an old route to Twofold Bay. 
“Woolly-topped Messmate,” Irish Corner Mountain, Reidsdale, Sugarloaf 
Mountain, and around Monga (Forester J. S. Allan). 
“Broad-leaf Messmate,” Wingello (J.H.M. and J. L. Boorman). Mr. 
Boorman’s note on another occasion is:—“ Large trees, wood of a yellowish 
colour. Fibrous bark to tips of branches. Inner bark pale yellow, leaves large.” 
“White Mahogany,” "Wingello (A. Murphy), but not to be confused with 
either E. Muelleriana or E. acmenoides. 
Northern.— Three miles past Myrtle Scrub (near Yarrowitch, Hastings River 
to Walcha), one comes across a handsome forest, in basalt country, consisting mainly 
of a smooth-barked Eucalypt (viminalis) , and a rough-barked one ( obliqua). The 
discovery of the latter species in this part of the State was quite unexpected, and 
extends its northern range very considerably. The trees were over 100 feet high, 
and their trunks 3 feet and more in diameter, so that the trees are fine specimens, 
and not the depauperate forms of mere outliers or pickets. One of my travelling 
companions (Mr. J. F. Campbell, L.S., of Walcha) stated that this belt of country 
extended for 30 miles in a general direction of north and south, roughly following the 
county boundary, and he believed that this species occurred over the greater portion 
of that county. Mr. Nivison, of Yarrowitch, states it occurs at least as far north 
as the Clarence River, and also in Callaghan’s Swamp. It would be interesting 
now to collect the species at points intermediate between Braid wood and New 
England. In the latter district it is sometimes known as “Messmate” and “Bastard 
Stringybark.” At Yarrowitch it is known as “'White Stringybark,” and has been 
used for building purposes, e.g ., verandah floors ; but it lacks durability in the 
ground. The sucker-foliage is very coarse. I have leaves 6x5 inches. (Maiden 
in Proc. Aust. Assoc. Adv. Science, 1898, p. 539.) Upper Williams River (A. 
Rudder). 
The following letter to me is interesting, not only because it brings the 
recorded localities of the species some miles to the west, but because it embodies 
other experiences of a well-known observer :— 
The Eucalypt mentioned by you ( E. obliqna) is abundant here. In this country it is found on 
poor stony ranges chiefly. It attains a great size, up to 8 or 9 feet or even more in diameter; such trees 
are usually short-stemmed. It is said it will not last as posts, but I have never been given satisfactory 
proof as to its unfitness. A mile or two of fence is erected ; the posts are mixed, probably split from 
three or four different kinds of stringybark. Then twelve or fifteen years later, who can say which is the 
