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(<?) " White Box," Grenfell, N.S.W. (Eorest Ranger Postlethwaite, District 

 Forester Arthur Osborne, R. H. Cambage). These specimens show only a trace of 

 glaucousness ; the fruits are those of normal hemijMola. Typical variety albens is 

 common at Grenfell. " Grey !'ox," Balranald (G. S. M. Grant), and "White Box," 

 Tomingley Creek, Dubbo district, N.S.W. (R. H. Cambage), have fruits more 

 sphei'ical than those of hrmiphlola typica, and appear to be intermediate between 

 that and var. albens. 



(d) " Black Box" (bai'k seems norma) colour, but the comparison is with var. 

 albens. J. }i.M..) On low flats, not seen on hills. Merrindee, between Mudgee and 

 Wellington, N.S.W. (A. Murphy). These specimens very much resemble the 

 Murrurundi specimens below. The Merrindee specimens have slightly glaucous 

 juvenile foliage ; I have no juvenile foliage of the Murrurundi specimens. 



The Merrindee specimens would be labelled hemiphloia typica if found on the 

 coast. Some of the fruits are small, as those of specimens included luider var. 

 microcarpa ; so indeed are some of the coast (typical locality) specimens. 



(e) A White Box from Gulgoug (J. L. Boorman), " pl(>ntiful all over the low- 

 lands of this district," adds another to forms of IS. hemiphloia,. Compared with 

 typical var. albens its fruits are smaller, its pedicels are absent, and it is markedly 

 constricted at the orifice, giving the fruits a distinctly ovoid appearance. Specimens 

 from other districts connect absolutely with the type.^ — {Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. TF., 

 1904, pp. 760-1). 



{/) Coarse buds and leaves, but no sign of glaucousness. Hunter's Vale, near 

 the source of the Huntei- ; also Murrurundi, N.S.W. (J. L. Boorman and J. H.M.). 

 These specimens appear to show transit to var. albens. 



(g) " Box," Narrabri (J.II.M.). The remarks I have made under Bendigo 

 and Grenfell largely apply here. I refer these specimens to E. hemiphloia, near the 

 type, but state that they display some local variation owing to a drier climate. 



All these transit specimens are from interior localities in contradistinction to 

 the coastal localities of IS. hemiphloia, and the variation displayed appears to be simply 

 referable to the influence of environment. JS. hemiphloia comprises innumerable 

 individuals extending over enormous ai'eas in South Australia, Victoria, New South 

 Wales, and Queensland, and that there are various forms is not surprising. 



RANGE. 



This variety is found in South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales. It 

 avoids the coast (except in South Australia), and is what is generally termed a 

 " dry country" form. At the same time on the Snowy River, and in some other 



