BY R. T. BAKER. 357 



(2) " Red Box," Reedy Creek, near Gulgoiig, '^narrow leaves,'' 

 big trees, glaucous all over (J. S. Boorman). 



The leaves illustrated by Mr. Maiden as Schauer's type are 

 certainly not narrow, and this one feature alone is sufficient to 

 indicate a change of species from that of the type, whilst these 

 " big trees, glaucous all over " are certainly not £. polyaoithema, 

 Schauer, as such an expression could not apply to a "Box "-barked 

 tree. I think these two instances alone will suffice to show to 

 what extremes morphologists of the Muellerian school are'pre- 

 pared to go in uniting species. 



Mr. Maiden further states, p. 528, " he found people indifferent 

 as to the use of the names ' Slaty Gum ' or ' Red Box,' applying 

 them indiscriminately as a very general rule." This is not the 

 experience of mj^self nor that of Mr. Dawson, who is thoroughly 

 acquainted with the whole Rylstone district. 



The variety lanceolata is, in my opinion, a good definition of 

 a variety. Its bark and oil are somewhat similar to the type, 

 whilst it differs from it in the nature of its timber, and in the 

 shape of its leaves and fruits. 



The following table will prove conclusively the specific morpho- 

 logical differences of these Eucalj^pts, and although these are so 

 well marked, the phyto-chemical ones are still more so. 



1. E. polyanthema. —Leaves ovate,cormceo?«.9, obtuse, apiculate, 

 margins thick, subrevolute, venation distinct, intramarginal veins 

 well removed from the edge, oil glands hidden. T i m b e r hard, 

 close-grained, red-coloured. Bark "Box" throughout. Buds 

 2 to 3 lines in diameter, hemispherical to conical, contracted in 

 the centre, pedicellate; operculum obtuse. Fruits conical, edge 

 thin, notched, 2 to 3 lines in diameter. Oil constituents, 

 eucalyptol, pinene, sesquiterpene, esters. Hah. — Victoria, N.S. 

 Wales (Albury, Gerogery, Pambula, Bungendore, Delegate River, 

 country west of Bathurst). 



2. E. Daw^oiii. — L eaves lanceolate, glaucous, thin, intramar- 

 ginal vein close to the edge, oil glands distinct. Timber deep 

 red-coloured, hard, similar to Ironbark, straight in the grain. 

 Bark deciduous, slate-coloured or white, smooth. Buds 



