BY HENRY DP:ANE AND J. H. MAIDEN. 62) 



IVIr. W. Forsyth has recently found this species near Coonabara- 

 bran. The fruits are nearly hemispherical, and in place of the 

 characteristic narrow Ijand or rim which usually encircles the 

 slightly constricted orifice, and which is well seen on a side view 

 of the fruit, thei'e is a dark coloured broadish rim best seen on 

 the top of the- expanding orifice, and reminding one of the rim 

 (and shape of fruit) of E. haemastoma. 



This appearance is observed in fruits from other parts of the 

 colony, e.g., from Bungendore. 



E. LARGIFLORENS, F.v.M. (Syn. E. bicolor, A. Cunn.) 



A box tree attaining a large size, with somewhat scrambling 

 habit, narrowish leaves, pendulous branches (hence the name E. 

 pendu/a, A. Cunn.) and small fi-uits. Sometimes whole forests 

 are affected by galls, so that it is next to impossible to procure a 

 sound bud or fruit. 



Found usuallv on river flats or other moist situations in oood 

 land throughout the greater part of the western division of the 

 colony. In jjoorer or drier soil it forms a small tree sometimea 

 called " Scrub Box " or " Dwarf Box." 



It is not surprising that a species of so extensive a range 

 exhibits considerable variation. We pi'opose below (p. 623) to 

 give notes on two extreme forms, readily noted by their narrow 

 and broad leaves respectively. The extreme forms of this species 

 present such considerable difterence of appearance that we may 

 figure them on a future occasion. The species in fact varies in 

 the size, shape, texture and lustre of the leaf, the size and shape 

 of the fruit, the length of pedicel, and in other characters of less 

 importance. 



Following are some notes from various districts of the colony : — 

 It is veiy common on the Lachlan. It is a handsome tree, 

 common on the river flats, e.g., about Condobolin. It is some- 

 times known as "Drooping Box." It has bark on the ultimate 

 branchlets and red twigs. When cut down and allowed to wilt 

 a little, cattle and hor.ses will eat the leaves when hard pi'essed, 

 and even the bark. Specimens from the same district have shiny 



