BY J. H. MAIDKN. 535 



3' ill diameter, and reminding one a good deal of E. tereticornis, 

 the smooth part of a 3'ollow cast. The buds of a yellowish cast 

 and often a little glaucous. Little conical opercula. Wood red. 

 Very free fiowerer. Fruits conoid " (J.H.M.). 



"Slaty Gum," Bylong Creek, typical for F. Dawsoni, R. T. 

 Baker. 



"Red Box." " Mountain Gum. Murrumbo, Goulburn River; 

 Camboon ; Bylong (R. T. Baker). Three specimens showing 

 transition from lanceolate leaves to ovate." 



Baerami, Goulburn River ? (H. Deane). 



" Red Box," near Taree. " Timber \'ery durable, of red colour. 

 Bark persistent, and like that on the trunk of Grey Box (hemi- 

 2)hloia) (A. Rudder)." 



"Box," Cundletown. "Wood dark red. Height 120 feet; 

 diam. 2-3 feet" (A. Rudder). This brings the range of the 

 species to the Lower Manning River, These specimens have 

 lanceolate leaves of thinner texture than the mountain forms of 

 E. ijolyanthenios. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXL 



Flowering twig of Eucalyptus polyanthemos, Schauer. 



Drawn from the type (see p. 533). 



(The two leaves below the principal figure are shown separately as if 

 removed from their attachments on the left side. This was done to bring 

 the drawing within the space necessary for a single plate). 



