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* White Box ' of Gippsland and the north-eastern districts. It 

 seems indistinguishable from the trees which are very common 

 in IST.E. Gippsland (Snowy River). Unfortunately Baron von 

 Mueller joined this with his E. Stiiartiana. In my eye the two 

 are so distinct that they should be separated, and to make the 

 confusion worse he has attached the aboriginal (Gippsland) name 

 ' But But ' to E. Stuartiana, whereas it belongs to ' Woolly- 

 butt.' " 



As Mr. Howict was a co-worker with the Baron on the 

 Eucalypts of Victoria and so is familiar with the actual individual 

 trees, of which the parts are described and figured in the Euca- 

 lyptographia, his remarks must necessarily carry great weight. 



After much correspondence and comparing our specimens and 

 notes, we have summarised our results as follows : — 



(a) E. pidverulenta, Sims, does occur in Victoria, but in a 

 lanceolate-leaf ioYxn. as recorded by Mr. Howitt (A.A.A.S. 1898). 



I have now to record the occurrence of this variety in N.S.W. 

 at Barber's Creek (H. Rumsey). 



(b) E. Stuartiana, F.v.M., as figured and described by Baron 

 von Mueller in his Eucalyptographia, is distinct from E. pulveru- 

 lenta, Sims, and the var. lanceolata, A.W.H., as well as from 

 the New South Wales "Apple," "Apple-topped Box," "Woolly- 

 butt," "Bastard Box" (£". BriJgesiana, sp.nov.) and the Victorian 

 " But But." 



The bark and timber of E. Stuartiana, F.v.M., very much 

 resemble those of E. pidverulenta, but the young and mature 

 leaves, buds, fruits, and oil are quite distinct. 



(c) The Victorian "But But" and New South Wales "Apple," 

 "Apple-topped Box," "Woolly- butt," "Bastard Box," are one and 

 the same species, and, as far as we are aware, undescribed. The 

 name E. Bridgesiana is now proposed for it. 



(d) " Yellow Gum " is also an undescribed species. In 

 Bentham's Flora Australiensis, Vol. iii. p. 244, under E. Stuart- 

 iaua var. lonyifolia a brief description is given of " Yellow or 

 Grey Gum," and " Bastard Box," (Woolls), Twofold Bay. 



