New South Wales. 

 Eden (A. W. Howitt). 



Following is a copy of a label by Oldfiekl (dated 1866), in Herb. Barbey- 

 Boissier : " Box-tree. — -Tree 160 feet ; bark dark grey, spongy on trunk ; limbs very 

 white, soft to the touch, like velvet. Stony Banges, called Mountain Hut B,ange, 

 near Eden, Twofold Bay." Later, the label bears the name E. leucoxylon in 

 Oldfield's handwriting. The specimens are E. Bosistoana, E.v.M. 



There are similar specimens in Herb. Cant., labelled " No. JLX Eucalyptus 

 leucoxylon, E.M., ' Box-tree,' New South Wales, Hb. Oldfiekl," and, doubtless, in 

 other herbaria. 



This is the key, in my opinion, to the use of the name " Box " having been 

 attached to E. leucoxylon. The name box is never used in Australia for true 

 E. leucoxylon, so far as my experience goes. If it is so used, it must be very rarely. 



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

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

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

 (J. S. Allan), both in the Moruya district ; Lower Araluen (J.H.M.) ; Milton; also 

 " Yellow Box," West B-apto (B. H. Cambage) ; " Box," or '-White Box," of Razor- 

 back, 4 miles from Wingello (J.H.M. and J. L. Boorman) ; Marutan (A. Murphy). 

 (E. Bosistoana, from Marulan, was provisionally determined by F.v.M. as E. bicolor 

 many years ago.) Bullio to Wombeyan (R. H. Cambage and J.H.M.). 



Cabramatta district, County of Cumberland, occurring between Bankstown 

 and the Cabramatta railway station, and also thence to Bringelly and Cabramatta 

 (now Bossmore). 



Woolls' Cabramatta specimens, already referred to, have large, plump 

 flower-buds ; there are no fruits. 



" There used to be some large trees of it near Bringelly, growing in a swampy 

 place. Wood reddish-yellow and very tough when dry." (W. Woolls.) 



Then on specimens collected by J. L. Boorman at Bankstown, on 8th 

 February, 1900, he and I made the following notes : — 



"No. 13, 'Yellow Box.' Very tall trees, ribbony base. Clean grey tips 

 from 12 to 14 feet from ground. Leaves elliptic ovate, acuminate, of a glaucous 

 colour. Timber yellow. Usually known as Bastard Box." 



Subsequently, on 20th July, 1901, I went to Cabramatta with Mr. Boorman 

 and interviewed Mr. Hoy, a local resident, in regard to the range of this tree in the 

 district, and compared the local Grey Box (E. hemiphloia) with it. See Affinities, 

 p. 4. 



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