Austral English Part 102

1862. H. C. Kendall, `Poems,' p. 17:

"The gums in the gully stand gloomy and stark."

1867. A.L. Gordon, `Sea-spray, etc.,' p. 134:

"The gullies are deep and the uplands are steep."

1875. Wood and Lapham, `Waiting for the Mail,' p. 16:

"The terrible blasts that rushed down the narrow gully, as if through a funnel."

Gully-raker, n. a long whip.

1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. i. p. 40:

"The driver appealing occasionally to some bullock or other by name, following up his admonition by a sweeping cut of his `gully-raker,' and a report like a musket-shot."

Gum, or Gum-tree, n. the popular name for any tree of the various species of Eucalyptus. The word Gum is also used in its ordinary English sense of exuded sap of certain trees and shrubs, as e.g. Wattle-gum (q.v.) in Australia, and Kauri-gum (q.v.) in New Zealand. In America, the gum-tree usually means "the Liquidambar styraciflua, favourite haunt of the opossum and the rac.o.o.n, whence the proverbial possum up a gum-tree." (`Current Americanisms,' s.v. Gum)

The names of the various Australian Gum-trees are as follows--

Apple Gum, or Apple-scented Gum-- Eucalyptus stuartiana, F. v. M.

b.a.s.t.a.r.d G.-- Eucalyptus gunnii, Hook.

b.a.s.t.a.r.d Blue G.-- E. leuc.o.xylon, F. v. M. (South Australia).

b.a.s.t.a.r.d White G.-- E. gunnii, Hook. (South Australia); E. radiata (Tasmania).

Black G.-- E. stellulata, Sieb.

Black-b.u.t.ted G.-- E. pillularis, Smith (Victoria); E. regnans, F. v. M. (New South Wales).

See Blackb.u.t.t.

Blue G. [see also Blue-Gum]

E. botryoides, Smith (New South Wales); E. diversicolor, F. v. M. [Karri]; E. globulus, Labill.; E. goniocalyx, F. v. M.; E. leuc.o.xylon, F. v. M. (South Australia) [Ironbark]; E. saligna, Smith; E. tereticornis, Smith; E. viminalis, Labill. (West New South Wales).

Botany Bay G,-- E. resinifera, Smith.

Brittle G.-- E. haemastonza, Smith; E. micrantha, Smith.

Brown G.-- E. robusta, Smith.

Cabbage G.-- E. sieberiana, F. v. M. (Braidwood, New South Wales).

Cider G.-- E. gunnii, Hook. (Tasmania).

Citron-scented G.-- E. maculata, Hook.

Creek G.-- E. rostrata, Schlecht (West New South Wales).

Curly White G.-- E. radiata (Tasmania).

Dark Red G.-- E. rostrata, Schlecht.

Desert G.-- E. eudesmoides, F. v. M. (Central Australia); E. gracilis, F. v. M.

Drooping G.-- E. pauciflora, Sieb. (Drooping Gum in Tasmania is E. risdoni, Hook., N.O. Myrtaceae; the tree is peculiar to Tasmania); E. viminalis, Labill. (New South Wales).

Flood, or Flooded G.-- E. gunnii, Hook. (Bombala, New South Wales); E. microtheca, F. v. M. (Carpentaria and Central Australia); E. rostrata, Schlecht; E. saligna, Smith; E. tereticornis, Smith (New South Wales).

Fluted G.- E. salubris, F. v. M.

Forest G.-- E. rostrata, Schlecht (South Australia).

Giant G.-- E. amygdalina, Labill.

Gimlet G.-- E. salubris, F. v. M.

Green G.-- E. stellulata, Sieb. (East Gippsland).

Grey G.-- E. crebra, F. v. M.; E. goniocalyx, F. v. M. (New South Wales, east of Dividing range); E. punctata, De C. (South Coast of New South Wales); E. raveretiana, F.v.M; E. resinifera, Smith; E. saligna, Smith (New South Wales); E. tereticornis, Smith (New South Wales); E. viminalis, Labill (Sydney);

Honey-scented G.-- E. melliodora, Cunn.

Iron G.-- E. raveretiana, F. v. M.

Lemon-scented, or Lemon G.-- E. citriodora, Hook. f.

Lead G.-- E. stellulata, Cunn.

Mallee G.-- E. dumosa (generally called simply Mallee, q.v.).

Mountain G.-- E. tereticornis, Smith (South New South Wales).

Mountain White G.-- E. pauciflora, Sieb. (Blue Mountains).

Nankeen G.-- E. populifolia, Hook. (Northern Australia).

Olive Green G.-- E. stellulata, Cunn. (Leichhardt's name).

Pale Red G.-- E. rostrata, Schlecht.

Peppermint G.-- E. viminalis, Labill.

Poplar-leaved G.-- E. polyanthema, Schau.

Red G.-- E. amygdalina, Labill. (Victoria); E. calophylla, R. Br.; E. gunnii, Hook. (Bombala); E. melliodora, Cunn. (Victoria); E. odorata, Behr (South Australia); E. punctata, De C.; E. resinifera, Smith; E. rostrata, Schlecht; E. stuartiana, F. v. M. (Tasmania); E. tereticornis, Smith (New South Wales).