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iii. Var. Woollsiana, Maiden. 



Confined to New South Wales so far as known, but it probably occurs in 

 South Australia, near the New South Wales border. 



" Mallee Box " has a thin, tall trunk with a Box bark, ribbony at the branches, 

 which issue at a good height from the ground. It grows amongst other Mallees in 

 dry, stony situations. Mount Boppy, near Cobar (J. L. Boorman). Has very 

 small fruits. 



Girilambone to Condobolin (W. Baeuerlen). Suckers of moderate width, 

 broader than those of Narrabri. 



Condobolin. " White or Grey Box " with limbs partly white. Gilgandra (both 

 R. H. Cambage). 



" Narrow-leaved Box." On the plains near Baradine. "Large scrub or 

 small tree," IS miles from Dubbo (both W. Forsyth) ; Castlereagh River (Rev. Dr. 

 Woolls), labelled B. largiflorens (bicolor), by Mueller; "Box," Narrabri, where it is 

 common (J.H.M.). Narrow lanceolate suckers. 



Narrabri West. A Box, growing on flats, black soil plains, by side of river ; 

 medium-sized trees ; very shiny foliage (J. L. Boorman) ; Pilliga (J. L. Boorman) 

 is E. odorata with the small fruits of var. Woollsiana ; Den man (W. Heron). 



AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. hemiphloia, F.v.M. See p. 16. 



2. With E. melliodora, A. Cunn. 



The affinity of this species to E. melliodora has already been pointed out 

 in the " Eucalyptographia." The figure (Suppl. pi. xvii) Mueller's " Plants of the 

 Colony of Victoria," labelled E. odorata, Behr and Schlecht., is, in my opinion 

 E. melliodora, A. Cunn., for reasons stated at page 26. E. melliodora is sharply 

 separated by its more drooping habit, pale coloured wood, and the bright yellow 

 colour of the inner bark. 



3. With E. bicolor, A. Cunn. See p. 12. 



Sometimes the narrow-leaved form of this species, e.g., some of the " River 

 Box ' about Bourke, simulates E. odorata, var. Woollsiana, a good deal. The 

 resemblance even extends to the small fruits. E. bicolor, however, lias rough bark 

 to the tips of the branches, and the timber is red. 



4. With E. leueoxylon, F.v.M. 



E. odorata may be readily confused with E. leueoxylon as regards the small 

 fruited forms of the latter. For example, Mueller's variety pluriflora of the latter 



