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range of E. hemiphloia has been much extended since then, and' 

 I now desire to lay emphasis on the point that E. hemiphloia, in 

 its var. microcaiya, has a closer similarity to E. pojndifolia than, 

 is usually supposed. 



First of all, the following specimens have all beea named 

 E. Behria7ia or E. hemiphloia by some botanists. They are, 

 however, all, in my opinion, E. pojnilifolia : — 



''Bastard Box," W. Baiierlen, Tarella, Wilcannia, August, 

 1887, No. 62. Bark persistent; tree, 30-50 feet. Some of the 

 leaves are large and coarse ; similar leaves are found in the 

 Bourke district. Others are lanceolate, and even narrow lanceo- 

 late. 



Mossgiel (J. Briickner). 



Wentworth (Mrs. Forde). 



"^. Behriana, a kind of Box." No locality, but probably 

 received from Mrs. Forde (Herb. Woolls). This is the specimen 

 in regard to which Dr. Woolls (Plants of KS.W., p. 52) 

 announced E. Behriana as occurring in New South Wales, and 

 I believe his determination was ba^ed on the plate of E. Behriana 

 as depicted in Eucalyptographia, which it matches admirably. I 

 have stated below that I think the fruits are those of E. populi- 

 folia. 



E. pojjulifolia has usually egg shaped or " poplar " leaves, 

 which as a rule are different enough from those of var. microcarpa 

 as it is commonly observed in western New South Wales, but 

 lanceolate leaves are marked in specimens of E. populifoUa from 

 Ivanhoe, via Hay, N.S.W.; Wentworth, N.S.W.; Suttor River, 

 Queensland; not to mention other localities. It is, in fact,, 

 strange as it may at first appear, not always easy to separate 

 var. microcarpa from JE". p)(^P'^^^ifolici, not only as regards narrow- 

 leaved forms, but as regards those that are broad-leaved. The 

 leaves of E. populifoUa have usually a wavy margin, and are 

 usually, perhaps always, shiny — unless they have been collected 

 wet. The venation of E populifoUa is usually more prominent. 

 The habit of the two trees is different, that of E. populifoUa being 

 more erect than that of var. microcarpa. The timber of E. popali- 

 folia is red, as is also that of E Behriana, but that of E. hemi- 

 phloia var. microcarpa is pale-coloured, as already indicated. The 

 fruit of E. populifoUa is not constricted at the orifice as in 

 E. hemiphloia and its forms. (That of E. Behriana, as depicted 

 in Eucalyptographia is not constricted, and I believe that fruits 

 of E. jJopuUfolia have been depicted in error). Both have race- 

 mose inflorescence. E. populifoUa, Hook, does not appear to 

 have been recorded from South Australia. But in view of the 

 New South Wales localities I have indicated which approach the 

 South Australian border, I should not be surprised to hear of its 

 occurrence in the latter State. 



