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In an unpublished report of 1895 Mr. Howitt again refers to two trees placed 

 under E. goniocalyx. 



The variety (b) (of goniocalyx, but which is elceophora, J.H.M.) grows in two localities in the 

 Gippsland mountains and very generally throughout the other parts of the Colony. 



It is not necessary to refer to it further than to say that it is used in places for " round posts " : 

 for fencing where better timber is not to be obtained. Otherwise it is a worthless timber. 



Buffalo Range, collected and labelled " Eucalyptus goniocalyx " by Mueller. 



Specimen from herb. Melb. from the late J. G. Luehmann, labelled " Euca- 

 lyptus elaeophora, E.v.M., Macalister Ranges, Gippsland. Mueller. Original 

 specimen/' 



"Bastard Box," Croydon (A. W. Howitt); East of Balmoral (A. W. Howitt); 

 Ringwood (R. H. Cambage) ; Dandenong Range ( — Boyle); Mt. Macedon 

 (J.H.M. ; E. Cheel) ; called "Bastard Box" at Macedon (W. S. Brownscombe) ; 

 Mandwang and Water Reserve near Bendigo (J. Blackburne) ; Heathcote (A. W. 

 Howitt) ; " Apple Box," " Apple Jack," " Stinking Box," " Cabbage Box," a very 

 variable species, stunted in growth, bark roughish, persistent up to the smaller 

 branchlets. Leaves up to 10 inches and over in length, from broad to narrow 

 lanceolar, Heathcote, ifcc. f W. S. Brownscombe) ; Ararat (A. W. Howitt) ; Pyrenees 

 (Collector of Baron von Mueller, September, 1871. Glaucous). 



New South Waxes. 



Mr. R. H. Cambage has given the following general account of its range in 

 New South Wales : — 



" In the Mudgee and Bathurst to Goulburn districts it is seldom found below an altitude of 2,000 

 feet above sea-level, though near Cootamundra it is growing at about 1,200 feet, and at about 550 near 

 Albury. It is known under the names of Apple, Mountain Apple, Bastard Box and Bundy, the last 

 being the local name south of Bathurst, around Bockley and Burraga, where it is in considerable request 

 as a fuel in the copper smelting furnaces. South of theMacquarie River it is seldom found west of a line 

 joining Wellington, Molong, Cargo, Mt. McDonald, Gundagai and Albury. There are, however, a few 

 patches of it to be found west of this line, one being near Bumberry, between Molong and Parkes, and 

 near Cootamundra, while there are probably other small areas of it in isolated spots. In these extreme 

 western localities it is usually found occupying the tops of hills, and is undoubtedly more in its regular 

 home on the higher lands to the eastward. In the Bathurst and Orange districts it may generally be 

 found growing on ridges of silurian slate ; and although it evidently prefers a sedimentary formation, it is 

 occasionally to be found on hills of igneous origin. In no case does it appear to grow on an alluvial flat.'' 

 (Proc. Linn. Soe. N.S.W. xxvii, 199). 



The following specimens in the National Herbarium, Sydney, are arranged: 



South. — Wyangle, near Tumut, very large fruits, No. 880 (R. H. Cam- 

 bage). 



Practically identical specimens. Queanbeyan (J. L. Boorman) ; Top of 

 Burrinjuck Mountain (E. Cheel) ; Hills near Burrinjuck and Gooradigbee, Yass 

 district Rev. J. W. Dwyer) ; Gundaroo (Rev. J. W. Hwyer}. 



