BY J. H. MAIDEN. 779 



I think E. Smithii, R. T. Baker, is a good species, and later on 

 I will endeavour to distinguish betAveen it and the multiflowered 

 form of E. vitninalis, which is ditKcult. 



Eucalyptus Rudderi, sp.nov. 



''A Red Box, 120 ft. high, 2-3 ft. in diameter" (A. Rudder, 

 formerly Forester, Jul}^ 1885). Mr. District Forester Hardiman 

 also calls it " Red Box." It may perhaps be known as the 

 ^' North Coast Red Box " by way of distinction. 



Juvenile leaves not seen in the youngest stage, but seen when 

 still opposite. Medium lanceolate and acuminate, 4-5 inches long 

 and IJ broad, with petiole of J inch. The midrib often pink. 

 Intramarginal vein at some distance from the edge, the lateral 

 veins roughly parallel and forming part of a delicate anastomosing 

 arrangement. Texture thin; margin undulate. I have seen no 

 sign of glaucousness so far. Twigs angular. 



Mature leaves. — These do not appear to differ in any important 

 character from the juvenile ones save in losing their opposite 

 character. 



Buds. — Arrangement paniculate, the umbels usually 3 to 6 in 

 number, the peduncles rather long, the pedicels short and the 

 calyx-tube tapering gradually into the pedicel; the operculum 

 conoid. When fresh the buds clavate; the operculum dries to a 

 point. 



Flowers small; anthers small, opening in terminal pores, like 

 E. polyanthemos and E. melliodora. 



Fruits small, conoid to subcylindrical, rim thin and the inden- 

 tations and fissures (common in E. polyanthemos) absent or rare. 

 Valves sessile and 5 in number in the specimens seen. 



Bark. — "Persistent and like that on the trunk of Grey Box, E. 

 hemiphloia (A. Rudder)." The rough bark resembles that of 

 *' Brush Box {Tristania confer ta)^ but is slightly darker in colour, 

 and extends up to the small branches, further than that of White 

 Box {E. hemiphloiay (J. Hardiman). 



Timber. — Wood dark red. Timber durable, of a red colour (A. 

 Rudder). The timber is hard and durable underground. It is used 



