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23.—GOLDFIELDS WHITE GUM (Eucalyptus Flocktoniae) .


A tree resembling the "Wandoo" of the Darling Range, but smaller, more slender, and with a much whiter bark. This tree grows in low-lying places in forests of Salmon Gum. The fruits are inverted pear-shaped, and about the size of a small pea, green and wrinkled. The flower-buds have a long narrow point, and are nearly half an inch in length. The leaves are narrow, under three inches long, and bright green. It is confined to the southern portions of the Eastern Goldfields.



Goldfields Whitegum.