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Murrumbidgee district. So glaucous as to be called " Wbite Box " (J. Duff). 



" Red Box " is a most durable timber, and is extensively used for fencing, 

 ' bridge building, railway sleepers, and wheelwrights' work. It is almost invariably 

 found in company with Ironbark, and in some parts of my district there is a 

 considerable quantity, but close to Grenfell it is not so common, and is, therefore, 

 not much used (Forester John G. Postlethwaite, Grenfell). Bowning Hill (R. H. 

 Cambage) . 



West.—" Red Gum or Red Box," Stuart Town (A. Murphy). " Red Box," 

 Stuart Town. " Plentiful all over the district ; trees of fair size, with whitish 

 ribbony stems and glaucous tint throughout, leaves and branches pendulous, wood 

 hard but faulty" (J. L. Boorman). Mount McDonald, via Cowra (R. H. Cambage 

 and J.H.M.). Bumberry, near Molong (J. L. Boorman). 



" Red Box," Apsley, Bathurst (R. H. Cambage). " Red Box," Cow Mat, 

 Bathurst. Typical for E. ovalifolia, R. T. Baker (partim). 



" Interior of Southern Australia, N. from Bathurst." A. Cunningham 

 (Herb. Heward, then Herb. Lemann, now Herb. Cant.). Type of E. polyanthemos, 

 Schauer. Examined by me, and absolutely identical with the Stuart Town and 

 Bathurst specimens. 



The following entry in Allan Cunningham's manuscript journal refers to 

 E. polyanthemos : — 



" 20th April, 1817. 18 miles W. of Bathurst. A species of Eucalyptus 

 rising about 20 feet, with obovate leaves, inflorescence umbelled and terminal, is at 

 this period just expanding its flowers on the sides of the hills." 



Bathurst to Sofala (R. H. Cambage and J.H.M.). 



" Round-leaf Red Box " and " Narrow-leaf Red Box." On low land, 

 Merrindee, between Mudgee and Wellington (A. Murphy). 



" Slaty Gum of the Mudgee district." Cobborah (District Forester Marriott). 



" Red Box," Reedy Creek, near Gulgong. Narrow leaves ; big tree, glaucous 

 all over" (J. L. Boorman). "Slaty Gum," Reedy Creek. "Fine large trees 

 growing on slight ridges away from the creek ; at this period (April) of the year the 

 stems are pure white with irregular patches of green ; the bark is £ inch thick, 

 falling away in long ribbons ; the leaves and tips of branches are of a mealy white- 

 ness. Sapwood pale yellow, centre red " (J. L. Boorman). " Red Box," Gulgong. 

 " The whole of the tree of a silvery whiteness." A second specimen with leaves 

 from lanceolate to ovate (J. L. Boorman). 



" Red Box or Slaty Gum," rarely called " Bastard Box." Gulgong. " Leaves 

 on shoots from nearly orbicular to nearly linear lanceolate " (J.H.M. and J. L. 

 Boorman). 



" Slaty Gum," on ridges, Mudgee. " Smooth bark, good wood " (W. Woolls). 

 Note by Dr. Woolls on another specimen: — "Leaves vary, more lanceolate in the 

 large trees. Slaty Gum, E. polyanthema," 



