. The
word <i>Gum</i> is also used in its ordinary English sense of
exuded sap of certain trees and shrubs, as
e.g. <i>Wattle-gum</i> (q.v.) in Australia, and
<i>Kauri-gum</i> (q.v.) in New Zealand. In America, the
gum-tree usually means "the <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i>,
favourite haunt of the opossum and the racoon, whence the
proverbial <i>possum up a gum-tree</i>." (`Current
Americanisms,' s.v. <i>Gum</i>)

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

Apple Gum, or Apple-scented Gum--
<i>Eucalyptus stuartiana</i>, F. v. M.

Bastard G.--
<i>Eucalyptus gunnii</i>, Hook.

Bastard Blue G.--
<i>E. leucoxylon</i>, F. v. M. (South Australia).

Bastard White G.--
<i>E. gunnii</i>, Hook. (South Australia);
<i>E. radiata</i> (Tasmania).

Black G.--
<i>E. stellulata</i>, Sieb.

Black-butted G.--
<i>E. pillularis</i>, Smith (Victoria);
<i>E. regnans</i>, F. v. M. (New South Wales).
See <i>Blackbutt</i>.

Blue G. [see also Blue-Gum]
<i>E. botryoides</i>, Smith (New South Wales);
<i>E. diversicolor</i>, F. v. M. [Karri];
<i>E. globulus</i>, Labill.;
<i>E. goniocalyx</i>, F. v. M.;
<i>E. leucoxylon</i>, F. v. M. (South Australia) [Ironbark];
<i>E. saligna</i>, Smith;
<i>E. tereticornis</i>, Smith;
<i>E. viminalis</i>, Labill. (West New South Wales).

Botany Bay G,--
<i>E. resinifera</i>, Smith.

Brittle G.--
<i>E. haemastonza</i>, Smith;
<i>E. micrantha</i>, Smith.

Brown G.--
<i>E. robusta</i>, Smith.

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

Cider G.--
<i>E. gunnii</i>, Hook. (Tasmania).

Citron-scented G.--
<i>E. maculata</i>, Hook.

Creek G.--
<i>E. rostrata</i>, Schlecht (West New South Wales).

Curly White G.--
<i>E. radiata</i> (Tasmania).

Dark Red G.--
<i>E. rostrata</i>, Schlecht.

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

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

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

Fluted G.-
<i>E. salubris</i>, F. v. M.