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RANGE. 



See Part XI. p. 15. where I record it from New South Wales and Queensland, 

 starting from a few miles south of the Sydney district (counties of Cumberland and 

 Camden) in the south and usually in the coastal areas to as far north as Rockkampton 

 in central coastal Queensland. The following localities are additional to the New 

 South Wales and Queensland ones there given. It likes fairly good soils, e.g., those 

 of shaly origin, in contradistinction to those of poor sandstone: 



New South Wales. 



Southern Districts. — Theresa Park, also Cobbity, near Camden (J.H.M.); "All 

 young trees flowering for the first time, bark mealy at base, upper trunk and branches 

 white to dark green and occasional ribbons hanging from them." Between Canley Yale 

 and Fairfield (W. F. Blakely, D. W. C. Shiress and H. Bott) ; Parramatta Park (0. D. 

 Evans). 



Western Districts. — " Box, large forest tree, bark near the butt rough, scaly, 

 and of a grey colour. Upper branches smooth and from them bark thrown off in long 

 ribbons. Timber light colour and very hard.'' Oakville, via Windsor (D. Johnston); 

 Medium-sized tree of 30-50 feet, known locally as Black box. Prized by reason of 

 toughness, hardness and durability. Bark box-like, sapwood pale, not showing yellow. 

 When freshly cut centre dark, but becoming paler when dry." Gordon Springs, Merrindee, 

 Mudgee district (A. Murphy, J. L. Boorman). 



Xiirl/h /•// iJistricls. ' Baric on trunk furrowed and rough, though soft, very 

 similar to bark of Ango])hora intermedia. Leaves rather thin. Bingara (W. A. W. 

 de Beuzeville, No. 5); Ramornie, Copmanhurst district, Clarence River (W. F. Blakely 

 and D. W. C. Shiress). Mr. Blakely describes the local trees as follows : — 



I' i illy tail straight trees up to 100 feet or more. Bark variable; on some old trees rough and 

 box-like for a few feel at the base, while the remainder of the tree smooth throughout, except for the ribbons 

 on fc'ie branches. Others arc smooth to the ground, with all the eharaeteristic markings and appearance 

 usually s -en in E. teteticornis. On one occasion I could not tell the difference between them without 

 examining the leaves and fruit-. .Many young trees are much rougher than the old ones, the box-like bark 

 nding f"r 50 60 feel ilong the stem. In some saplings the trunk is completely covered, only the 

 branches being mooth. When tin- bark i- smooth, greyish-green and white are the outstanding colours 

 (July, 1922). The foliage is moderately large, and "f a dark glossy green colour; no glaucous forms nor 

 very small fruited fori: i , renting E. albens and E. musracarpa, were found by us, notwithstanding 

 th.it v,'- were constantly on the lookoul f"i them or for any change in the species. It was at one time 

 very plentiful in tie- Ramornic-Copmanhurst district, hut it is now represented by a few isolated trees in 

 the settled part-, while all tie best trees are cut out from the virgin forest, which still exists in various parts 

 <f the district, particularly towards the ranges. Bos country has the reputation of being good cattle 

 country." 





