666 FLORA OF AUSTRALIA, 



tall Eucalypts, every one of which is this species (Henry G. 

 Smith). 



E. delegatensis, Baker. — On the lower ranges of the Snowy 

 Mountains, at an elevation from 4,000-5,000 feet (W. Bauerlen). 

 E. bicolor, A. Cunn. (" Bastard Box"). — It has been customary 

 amongst botanists in recent times to place this species of Cunning- 

 ham's under Mueller's E. largijiorens. Now Cunningham was the 

 first to discover also this latter species, which he named E. pendula. 

 Mueller, however, considering Cunningham's description to be 

 indefinite, gave it the name of E. largijiorens. 



Thinking it would be very strange if a great collector and 

 botanist, such as Cunningham undoubtedly was, should have given 

 two names to one and the same tree, I had occasion recently to 

 investigate the matter, and the material now in my possession 

 shows conclusively that he (Cunningham) had two distinct trees 

 in his mind's eye when he recorded them. 



I am much indebted in this instance to the writings of the late 

 Dr. Woods for finding the particular trees of E. bicolor. In his 

 " Contributions to the Flora of Australia" (p. 232) he gives the 

 locality Cabramatta, where will be found trees that exactly 

 coincide with Cunningham's description of E. bicolor, and in no 

 way agree with E. largijiorens, F.v.M. (E. pendula, A. Cunn.), of 

 the interior. I and others have now seen both trees in the field 

 and agree that the two are quite distinct, and Cunningham was 

 quite justified in making two species, viz., E. pendula, "Bed 

 Box," and E. bicolor, " Bastard Box." 



This latter species occurs all along the banks of South Creek. 

 It is half barked, the bark on the trunk being similar to that of 

 other " Boxes," and the upper part and branches smooth, hence the 

 name. It has a pale-coloured timber, hemispherical fruits and 

 lanceolate or ovate leaves, with a characteristic venation, the 

 intramarginal • vein being far removed from the edge. The 

 interior species, E. pendxda, has a box bark right out to the 

 branchlets (W. Bauerlen and B. H. Cambage), a red timber, the 

 leaves being longer than those of E. bicolor and glaucous, whilst 



