470 ON FOUR NEW SPECIES OF EUCALYPTUS, 



The narrowness of the 3"oung foliage is an obvious character, 

 and attracts the attention of the non-botanist. This narrowness 

 sharply separates it from E. tereticornis, its closest ally, which 

 has broad juvenile leaves. As regards E. pi-ojmiqua, Deane & 

 Maiden, its superficial resemblance to E. Seeana is undoubted, 

 but the buds sharply differentiate the two species, to say nothing 

 of other differences. 



The timber is deep red in colour, and Mr. District Forester 

 Wilshire, of Grafton, informs me that it bears a high reputation 

 for durability. He has sent me a piece of a fence post from 

 Nymboida which has been in the ground for thirty years and 

 which is perfectly sound. It is known locally as " Stone Gum." 



Mr. J. L. Boorman and I found it a few miles from Grafton 

 on the Glen Innes Road, and also on the Coramba Road. Mr. 

 District Forester Wilshire states that it is plentiful at Nymboida 

 in the Clarence River district. T have also seen it between the 

 Clarence and Richmond Rivers, I received it from the Macleay 

 River in 1893 from Mr. Forester MacDonald under the name of 

 Grey Gum. Its range (it has often been confused with E. tereti- 

 cornis) is a matter for further enquiry. 



Mr. Augustus Rudder"^ refers to a very narrow-leaved variety 

 of tereticornis in the Stroud district, with wood " rather lighter 

 red in colour than the other " (tereticornis). He refers to the 

 Booral and Stroud districts, but since we have indubitable tereti- 

 cornis with very narrow leaves, and Mr. Rudder (who very kindly 

 presented his valuable herbarium to me) is not positive that he has 

 seen the "Stone Gum." I hesitate to state that the species comes 

 so far south. The timber also is not "lighter red," and I have 

 no specimens of the new species from Mr. Rudder. 



It was collected by Leichhardt at Binnandale (sic), but whether 

 this is in New South Wales or Queensland I do not know. 



I have received specimens from Rockhampton (Queensland) 

 which I doubtfully refer to E. Seeana. 



* Agric. Gazette N.S. W. Jan. 1896, p. 15. 



