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OBSERVATIONS ON THE EUCALYPTS OF NEW 

 SOUTH \YALES. 



Part VI. 



By Henry Deaxe, M.A., F.L.S., and J. H. JNIaiden, F.L.S. 



(Plates xlviii.-l.) 



Eucalyptus conica, sp.nov. 



(Plate xlviii., figs. 1-3.) 



A Box of medium size; a pretty, graceful tree, with pendulous 

 branches. 



Vernacular names. — "Fuzzy Box," " Bastai'd Box," " Yellow 

 Box," " Grey Box" or "Woolly Butt," " Apple Box." 



Bark. — Of the ordinary " box " character, but in districts where 

 the two trees grow together rougher than that of E. hemijj/iloia; 

 persistent in all cases, right on to the small branches. 



Timber. — Reddish-yellow, and very tough when dry ; much 

 redder than ordinary Box (R. H. Cambage). 



Sucker-leaves. — Pale green, not glaucous; broadly ovate; the 

 intramarginal vein considerably distant from the margin, and, 

 with the midrib, giving the leaf a triplinerved appearance. 



McUure leaves. — Lanceolate, ultimately narrow-lanceolate, and, 

 say, 4 inches long by half an inch Inroad; varying, however, in 

 length and width, and some branchlets including very wide 

 leaves; the intramarginal vein is distinctly removed from the 

 edge of the leaf, although this is of course less marked in the case 

 of narrow leaves ; the venation is oblique, \mi few of these 

 secondary veins are as prominent as the intramarginal vein. The 

 foliage is drooping and has frequentl}^ long stalks. 



