250 



''Box,' Serviceton, March, 1901 (R. H. Cambage). . 



Wimmera district, Oct., 1900, with shiny lea\^es (C Walter). 



Whip Stick Guin ; covers a large tract of country north of 

 Bendigo (W. W. Froggatt, July, 1892). 



"Mallee," Eaglehawk Flagstaff (A. W. Howitt), August, 

 1891. 



"Mallee," Rushworth (A. W. Howitt). 



All these specimens with narrow leaves, and belong to tlie 

 new variety I propose to call linearis. Such specimens were 

 at one time called E. gracilis. 



"Mallee," Rushworth (A. W. Howitt) (128). 



"Mallee," St. Arnaud (A. W. Howitt) (126). 



These specimens have a bluish, glaucous cast, and resemble 

 those of E. fruticetorum, F. v. M. {E. calycogona, Turcz., var. 

 celastroides, Maiden) a good deal, but the fruits of the odorata 

 specimens are mcTe hemispherical. 



New South Wales. 



The following note was sent by the late K. H. Bennett, of 

 Ivanhoe, via Hay, with a twig that I refer toi E. odorata. It 

 is a useful general description of Mallee in this State : — 



"This is our most common tree, having a very wide dis- 

 tribution, and frequ'ently covering large areas of country with 

 an almost impenetrable scrub which is either entirely desti- 

 tute of undergrowth or vegetation of any kind, and the ground 

 thickly covered with nodules of lim'estoiie ; or else produces 

 a dense growth of spinifex, better known as porcupine grass, 

 which, when freshly springing after it has been burnt, cattle 

 are as fond of it as they ai'e also of the grain or seeds. These 

 scrubs are habitat of that singular bird, the Lowan, or Mallee 

 hen. When growing in dense masses, this tree rarely ex- 

 ceeds 12 to 14 feet in height; but individual tr'ees on the out- 

 skirts of the scrub are often found to be quite 30 ft. high. 

 The straight lance-like stems of those growing in masses are 

 v'ery useful in the construction of gates and hurdles, as the 

 wood is remarkably tough. The natives obtain water from 

 its roots." 



Euc. acacioides, A. Cunn, Mss. "New Holland., A. Cun- 

 ningham, Hooker, 1835." Herb., Kew, Lachlan River. 

 From several herbaria. 



''Box Mallee of the Western districts." H. D'eane (Dec, 

 1892). 



Ironbark Box, Condobolin (R. H. Cambage). 



Mallee, Condobolin, Forester Kidston (Sept., 1894). 



The Lachlan, Miss Clements. 



