BY J. H. MAIDEN. 559 



" This species is well marked, and is one of the most persistent 

 in character of any of the Eucalj^pts of Gippsland. Wherever I 

 have seen it I have found it to be a tree with somewhat large and 

 spreading limbs, with a scaly, wrinkled bark, which is persistent 

 up to the small branches. 



" The wood of this tree is valueless for splitting, sawing and 

 even for fuel. Its general appearance has caused it to be con 

 fused with E. hemiphloia, under the name of 'White Box.'" — 

 (Trans. Roy. Soc. Vict., ii.). 



The next passage is from an official report : — 



B. Stiiartiana, the "Apple tree" or " But But," grows to great 

 size in parts of Gippsland, and is also found in the north-eastern 

 district. It is without exception the most worthless of Victorian 

 Eucalypts, yet some years back I saw it cut for bridge building, 

 and within the last five years I saw it cut for sawmill purposes 

 in Gippsland under the name of "White Box." 



New South Wales. — This tree is found over the greater part of 

 this State. Following are the localities of some of the specimens 

 in the National Herbarium, Sydney : — 



"Cabbage Box," Nangutta (W. Bauerlen); Colombo, Lyttleton 

 " Apple-topped Box," with very hemispherical fruit, brown rim 

 well developed (W. Biiuerlen); Lower Araluen (J.H.M.); Mogo, 

 Moruya (W. Bauerlen); Queanbeyan (H. Deane); Biingendore 

 (W. Bauerlen^; Goulburn (J.H.M.); Yass (W. W. Froggatt); 

 Tumut (F. R. Mechara); Albury (J.H.M); Germanton (the valves 

 very exserted; W. Forsyth); Young (J.H.M.); Gundagai (F. R. 

 Mecham). 



Grenfell, "Apple," bark of this tree grey in colour, thick, 

 wrinkled on the trunk but smoother on the limbs, like White 

 Box, but much rougher ; -the timber is soft, not durable, and 

 makes bad firewood ; there are few in this neighbourhood 

 (Forester Postlethwaite) : Parkes (J.H.M.); Molong (H. Deane); 

 Murga, between Cudal and Eugowra (H. Deane); Stuart Town 

 (A. Murphy); "Woolly Butt," North of Castlereagh (W. Forsyth); 

 "Apple," Perth, Orange (W. S. Campbell); Bathurst (J.H.M.); 



