764 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON EUCALYPTUS, I., 



It is not desirable to name these forms until after further 

 enquiries as to their relationship. 



E. WooLLSiANA, R. T. Baker. 



We now come to some interesting forms included under the 

 above name. For the sake of making my observations clear, I 

 will call Mr. Baker's type-specimens WooUsiana No. 1 and Wooll- 

 siana No. 2. 



1. WooUsiana No. 1 (Girilambone to Condobolin, W. Baeuerlen, 

 Sept. 1900). 



This form is common in Western New South Wales, where it is 

 often known as " Narrow-leaved Box." For example, it is 

 common from Dubbo to the N.vS.W. railway line and further 

 west, e.g., Mt. Boppy. It also extends to the vicinity of the 

 coast in Northern New South Wales and Queensland. 



The juvenile foliage is narrow; tlie mature leaves are rather 

 narrow, but they vary somewhat in width. The leaves are often 

 shiny, but they may be dull. The fruits are quite small, and 

 the rim is sometimes well-defined. 



It is to this form that I think the name E. WooUsiana, R. T. 

 Baker, should, to save confusion, be restricted. 



2. WooUsiana No. 2 (Condobolin, W. Baeuerlen, 26th March, 

 1901). Leaves coarser and broader than the preceding; near to 

 the hemiphloia type. Fruits rather larger and duller. Some- 

 times the fruits are not smaller than those of typical hemijyhloia. 

 The juvenile foliage broadish. This is my E. hemiphloia var. 

 microcarpa. I adhere to the opinion that it is simply a form of 

 E. hemiphloia, which it resembles in juvenile foliage, bark, timber 

 and other characters. Collectively the two forms include much 

 of the "small-fruited Box" of the west with pale or brown- 

 coloured timber in contradistinction to the red-timbered Boxes. 



WooUsiana No. 2 is very common in the west, particularly the 

 south-west. It occurs also in Victoria and South Australia. 



As compared with E. odorata, the fruits are smaller, the leaves 

 less markedly veined, while the timber of E. odorata is of course 

 red or reddish-brown. 



