780 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON EUCALYPTUS, I. 



for sleepers and fencing posts (J. Hardiman). Sap wood white, 

 rest of wood red. I cannot perceive any difference between 

 its wood and that of E. jyolyantheraos. 



Hah. — Cundletown, near Taree (A. Rudder). This tree is by- 

 no means plentiful, but occurs in all the forests adjacent to the 

 coast, especially in the Counties of Gloucester and Macquarie. 

 The best I have seen are in the parish of Bohnock, a few miles 

 from Taree. It appears to favour stony ridges (J. Hardiman). 



This is a tree that Mr. Augustus Rudder brought under my 

 notice many years ago.* I have had it doubtfully under E. poly- 

 anthemos, to which species it is obviously closely related, but it 

 seems to me distinct. 



The juvenile foliage being a character of fundamental impor- 

 tance, I feel I have no option in separating the coast Red Box 

 from E. polyanthemos. It seems to stand in the same relation to 

 E. polyanthemos that E. cnoica does to E. Baueriana, and whether 

 it should be looked upon as a variety of E. jyolyanthemos or a 

 distinct species is a matter of opinion. While I propose the 

 name E. Rudderi for it, in honour of Mr. Augustus Rudder, 

 others may be inclined to call it var. Rudderi of E. polyanthemos. 



The principal differences are indicated as follows : — 



E. Rudderi. E. polyanthemos. 



Trunk with fibrous bark Trunk with flaky bark (like 



somewhat like the ordinarj^ i^.^e?-e^/corms) or nearly smooth 

 Grey Box {E. hemiphloia). like a Gum. 



Juvenile foliage lanceolar. Juvenile foliage broader, 



Mature foliage thinner and even tending to orbicular, 

 more uniformily lanceolar. 



* Recorded by me under E. polijanthemo><, Schauer, these Proceedings, 

 1903, p. 5.36. 



