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difficult to split, it is for these reasons often left alone. In 

 general it is not a tall tree, considering the diameter of the 

 trunk, which is often four or five feet. One constant feature of 

 this species is that the sap is yellow, and this is always the 

 bushman's test in cases of doubt, the investisjation beino- effected 

 by removing a piece of the bark. It is this yellow sap that gives 

 rise to the names of Yellow Box and Yellow Jacket. 



Its flowers are rich in honey, as might be supposed from its 

 botanical name. It may not be generally known that in some 

 of the cold parts near Bathurst it sometimes becomes necessar}^ 

 for the apiarist to travel his bees for flowers in much the same 

 way as the squatter has to travel his sheep for grass, and partly 

 because certain species of Eucalypts do not flower profusely every 

 year, but generally miss a year, and sometimes more. In such 

 cases a patch of flowering Yellow Box is sought, as this tree gives 

 the best results to the bee farmer. Next to this the White Box, 

 E. albens, is considered one of the best for honey. 



E. melliodora has a wide distribution, but is much more 

 plentiful west of the Great Dividing Range than east of it, 

 growing on both igneous and sedimentary formations, though it 

 is rare on the Triassic, 



In the Campbelltown and Illawarra districts E. Bosistoana, 

 F.V.M., is sometimes called Yellow Box, the local assumption in 

 some cases being that it is a coast form of E. melliodora, but, as 

 botanists know, the species is quite distinct. Generally where 

 E. Bosistoana is called Yellow Box the name is suggested bv the 

 colour of the wood. 



Between the Bogan and the Lachlan via Nymagee the total of 

 the Eucal3''pts noted was — E. popidifblia, E. largijlorens, E. 

 sideroxylon, E. Woollsiana, E. intertexia, E. melliodora, E. rostrata, 

 E tereticornis var. dealbata, E. Morrisii, E. oleosa, E. dumosa, 

 E viridis, E. uncinala, a Mallee not identified, and one tree of 

 Ironbark Box. 



The Acacias were represented by A. pendida, A. homalophyUa, 

 A. excelsa, A. aneura, A. doratoxylon, A. Osivaldi, A. hakeoides, 



