Range - Setis

LIX. E. Caleyi Maiden.
See Part XII, p. 95.
Synonyms.
1. E leucoxylon F.v.M. var. pallens Benth. (B.Fl. iii, 210), through Mueller's
confusion of his E. leucoxylon with E. sideroxylon A. Cunn. This is explained in
Part XII, pp. 84, 88, 91, 96.
2. The above is quoted without reservation as E. sideroxylon A. Cunn., var.
pallens Benth., by Baker and Smith in “Research on the Eucalypts,” Ed. I, p. 161,
but Bentham never said so, so far as I am aware, and therefore the correct citation
involving E. sideroxylon should be E. sideroxylon var. pallens Baker and Smith.
3. E. coerulea Baker and Smith. “Stunted Ironbark,” Murrumbo, N.S.W.,
December, 1893 (R. T. Baker), at p. 271 “Research on the Eucalypts,” 2nd Ed.
Some statements with the object of proving that E. coerulea is not E. Caleyi will
be found at pp. 271 and 272, op. cit., but I have for many years endeavoured to find
a difference and have failed. These authors, it seems to me, make insufficient
allowance for variation from type through changed environment in the case of E.
Caleyi. I have had careful drawings made of the type of E. coerulea, but as I have
been unable to show any essential difference between them and those of E. Caleyi in
Plate 56, I could find no justification in publishing them. Some day oils of E. Caleyi
from different sources will be obtained, and they will be compared with various oils
from reputed E. coerulea.
Range
See Part XII, p. 95. “Stunted Ironbark,” Murrumbo, Rylstone (R. T. Baker,
December, 1893), is at p. 96 quoted by me, and this is the plant which forms the
type of E. coerulea. It extends from the Upper Hunter, N.S.W., to southern
Queensland; the range in the latter State requires further investigation.
Following are additional localities for E. Caleyi:—
New South Wales.—Baerami, 14 miles west of Denman (R. H. Cambage, No.
2670); height 60–80 feet, diameter at 4 feet from the ground 2–4 feet. Sometimes
stunted in growth, short bole. Used for fencing, building and fuel. Attunga State
Forest, County Inglis, mountain slopes on the western side of the New England
Range, altitude above sea-level 1,200–2,500 feet. (Assistant Forester T. W. Taylor);
Bundarra (Assistant Forester A. Julius); Round-leaved Ironbark, a large tree with
straight barrel; girth 10 feet. Bark dull grey, not deeply furrowed. Forest Reserve