This is another species which shows great vitality and gives an abundance of new growth after the trees are felled. The oil is different in character to those of E. Smithii and E. dives. At certain localities this species grows quite gregariously, and is often practically the only Eucalypt over certain areas. This mode of growth is well shown in the accompanying illustration (Plate XCIII), where all the trees in the picture are this species. The photograph was taken in Reedy Creek Gully, a few miles from Hill Top, New South Wales, where this Eucalypt was at one time extensively exploited for oil production, the trees being felled for the purpose.

When we visited Reedy Creek two years after the trees were cut down, there was an abundance of young material growing from the stumps of the felled trees. Plate xciv will show how dense this growth had become, and how rapid it had been. The fallen logs are seen in the foreground of the picture.

Plate XCIII.

Eucalyptus Phellandra.

A forest of "Narrow-leaf Peppermint," Reedy Creek Gully. Hill Top, New South Wales.

Plate XCIV.

Eucalyptus Phellandra.

New growth from the stumps of the felled trees of this species, showing two years' growth.