GROUP IV. E. GLOBULUS. E. GONIOCALYX. 
native Tasmania it attained its best where the soil was rich in alumina and well 
watered. We, still in ignorance or in disregard of natural truth planted this tree 
further south on poor dry country, and on good and well-watered country wi iou 
discrimination. Wherever the winters have been too nnld or the land has >een oo 
dry and poor, this species has been severely attacked by insect enemies. On e 
rich lowlands of Canterbury and Otago, where both climate and soi aie congema , 
it is still resistant and flourishing. The lesson is obvious, and must be applied no 
only to E. globulus but to all other trees. 
The sapwood of E. globulus, like that of all other trees, will soon decay if 
exposed to the weather or placed in contact with the ground. The quite mature 
heart w ood is dense and strong and long lasting. 1 he writer has made many 
inquiries amongst experienced and trustworthy farmers in X ew Zealand, and has 
found that the expectation of life for best posts of this species ranges 1 rom sixteen 
to twenty years. There are good and inferior strains ol this as ot most othei 
trees. The best strain has tall straight stems with smooth bark and large single 
flowers. Only from the most carefully selected specimens should seed be taken 
for any future plantings. 
In every case where a species has been growing in widely separated localities 
for a very long period of time, we must be prepared to detect in it some amount 
of variation, and must not be surprised if we occasionally find reason to suspect 
hybridism. More has been written about E. globulus than about any other 
eucalypt; but we still need a searching and critical comparison between the 
Tasmanian and mainland forms of the species. 
49. E. GONIOCALYX F. von Mueller. 
NATURAL HABITAT, DESCRIPTION, AND USES. 
This species has its natural home in the damp mountain valleys of Victoria 
and southern New South Wales, at altitudes of from 2,000ft. to 4,000ft. It is 
said to be also found in South Australia. Reports indicate that it attains its 
optimum in western Gippsland where the mountain slopes face southward. The 
trees there grow to large dimensions and mingle with other millable eucalypts. 
The dead bark is non-fibrous and falls away irregularly leaving the branches of 
the tree smooth and the stem blotched and patchy. Juvenile leaves very broad 
at base and sessile, often large; adult tree leaves long, unbalanced, and of nearly 
the same deep green on the two surfaces. Umbel with several flowers up to seven; 
stalk up to Min. long, stalklets very short or absent; lid of bud short and 
pyramidal or longer and acute; anthers with nearly parallel openings. Ripe 
seed-cup Min. to 5/1 Gin. in lateral diameter, and a little more in depth, pear-shaped 
but very angular, almost sessile, usually 3-celled; open valves nearly hidden by 
lim. Mature w^ood pale, moderately fissile, strong, with reputation for durability 
generally good. 
CULTIVATION IN NEW ZEALAND. 
An inferior species of Eucalyptus called E. elaeopliora is closely similar to 
E. goniocalyx in botanical characters, but is distinguished by having persistent 
box bark all up the stem and by usually having larger and coarser seed-cups. 
