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being somewhat similar to other trees called Apple, Near Cowra 

 it has been pointed out to me as Woolly Butt, while Box and 

 Apple are names applied to it in some instances. Around 

 Gilgandra it is often called Broad-Leaf Box in contrast to E. 

 Woollsiana, which in the north-west has generally narrow leaves. 

 The leaves of JS. conica in the Gilgandra district, north of Dubbo, 

 are not particularly broad, but it often happens that trees are 

 named from comparative qualities which they possess, as well as 

 from extreme forms. The rough bark continues on the branches 

 as well as on the trunk, and the tree has rather a pendulous 

 habit. Its timber, which is not extensively used, is not so pale 

 as that of B. hemiphloia, var. alhens, F.v.M., and generally is 

 more difficult to split. Settlers in the Grenfell and Toogong 

 districts have stated to me that it is one of the most difficult 

 trees they have to clear off the land, as it does not burn readily. 

 This quality also must be taken as comparative, as E. conica 

 generally grows among trees which are good burners. Usually it 

 is found on the low land along the rivers and large creeks, and is 

 decidedly rare on the hills. 



Many of the above remarks, especially those which refer to 

 bark, drooping habit, timber and habitat, might be applied by 

 some to E. largiflorens^ but the latter has a redder wood and 

 distinct botanical differences. Although both might be termed 

 River Box, there is this general difference, that E. conica grows 

 along the upper portions of the western rivers and E. largiflorens 

 along the lower parts, and on the Lachlan the two species just 

 about overlap at Condobolin. E. conica is to be found at least 

 on the Castlereagh, Macquarie, Bogan and Lachlan Rivers, as 

 well as over the intervening country where there are valleys. I 

 have never found it so far south as the Murrumbidgee. Nor is 

 it to be seen towards the cold highlands of Orange or Crookwell. 

 I have been unable to fix its western limit on the Lachlan, but 

 have seen it near Condobolin, and I think near Euabalong some 

 years ago. 



E. viridis was last noticed on the Burra Burra Holding, which 

 is about its most eastern locality wsouth-west of the Bogan. It 



