The difference between E. Bosistoma and IJ. mrUiodora was long apparent 

 to me, from a careful comparison of the trees growing in the Mitchell River 

 'district, and especially from distinctions w.hicU have been apparent to the 

 timber men there. The wood of this Eucalypt is much browner in colour than 

 that of E. mplliodora, and while the timber of the latter can very rarely be 

 split into posts or rails, that of the former, although it is difficult to split "on 

 ■the quarter," is, when once the log is opened, "backed off" with great ease. 

 The principal differences upon which a rapid diagnosis may be made lie in the 

 greatly superior height of E. Boaistoana, in its freer growth, the rhytiphloious 

 (fibrous) bark, the smooth upper portion of the stem and limbs, and the some- 

 what larger fruit, with a narrow, compressed rim, and more deeisly sunk oriflee. 

 Jflnally the outer stamens are all provided with fertile anthers, while those 

 of E. mclliodora are anan" '^r ns. 



The timber of this tree is most durable, and is one of the most serviceable 

 af the Eucalypts of A'ictojia. especially for work which is exposed to damp. — 

 (A. W. Ilowitt.) 



In the above passage, where B. Bosistoana occurs, there is E. odoraia in 

 the original, -as Mueller made that species very comprehensive, and after- 

 wards carved E. Bosistoana out of it. 



Mr. Howitt subsequently wrote to me : " The greatest care should be taken 

 to preserve this timber, for the reason that where works of construction 

 require great durability and strength combined with length of materia], 

 there is no Victorian Eucalypt to compare with this." 



" Eed Box abounds in this district, and I am assured by persons who are 

 <'ompetent to judge, equal, if not superior, to Ironbark for strength and 

 durability. Eecommended to be tested for sleepers and bridge-building." 

 (The late Forest Ranger Benson, Wa,g'onga, N.S.W., writing in 1893.) 



I have a specimen of the same timber, called " Grey Box," from the 

 Muckindary Bridge, Bombala, N.S.W., part of a pile nineteen years in the 

 ground. It is quite sound, but has split badly. 



The following notes concerning the same timber I obtained verbally from 

 Mr. A. E. Crawford, of Wingello, N.S.W. :— 



" A splendid timber, no faults of any kind. Good for wheelwrighting, 

 shafts, and all frame work." 



Mr. Crawford further says that it is the best Box he has ever worked, and 

 he has worked that of Hill Top, Orange, &c. 



It will be observed that all these witnesses uniformly speak most highly 

 of this timber. 



It is a brown timber, drying paler. It is hard, and without gum veins. 

 The tree has good clean stems and smooth branches. 



Siz". — This tree grows to 200 feet, or in exceptional cases to perhaps 250 

 feet in height. (A. W. Howitt, loc. cit.) 



Habitat. — So far as we know at present, it is confined to eastern New 

 South Wales, from the Parramatta district, and the Illawarra and the 

 southern tableland, in the north as far as ISTorth Gippsland (Bairnsdale dis- 

 trict), Victoria, in the south. 



jSTew South Wales. 



" Stony EangeS: called Mountain Hut Eange, near Eden, Twofold Bay " 

 (Oldfield.) 



Bega district; also "Eed, Grey, White Box," Cobargo (J. S. Allan); Mt. 

 Dromedary (Miss Bate) ; " Grey Box," Noorooma (A. Langley) ; abounds in 

 Wagonga district (F. E. Benson) ; " Grey Box " ( J. V. de Coque) ; and 



