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I am of opinion that the following trees (to be further described immediately) 

 come under E. Barmedmanensis : — ■ 



1. Trowel Creek, Nymagee. 



2. Condobolin. 



1. " Ironbark-Box " or " Bastard Ironbark," Trowel Creek, Nyrnagec (It. H. Cambage, May, 1900). 

 This was looked upon by Mr. Cambage as a hybrid between E. sideroxylon and E. Woollsiana. 



The tree has already been briefly described by Mr. Cambage. The bark is similar to that of 

 Barmedman, except that it contains less kino. The timber similar to that of Barmedman. As 

 regards the other characters (so far as the imperfect material is available) the only one calling for notice 

 is the pointed character of both calyx-tube and operculum in the Trowel Creek specimens. It is very 

 likely, however, that there is no important difference between the trees from the two localities in this and 

 other respects. 



2. Ironbark-Box, Condobolin (R. H. Cambage, 18th June, 1900). I have quoted Mr. Cambage's 

 remarks (under B), and have referred to it in the following passage. It may be the Cooburn or Black 

 Box of Narrabri, but my specimens are not very satisfactory, being in bud only. 



" It appears to be the ' Ironbark-Box or Bastard Ironbark ' of Condobolin (R. H. Cambage) ; the 

 Ironbark-Box or Bastard Ironbark of Nymagee (R. H. Cambage) ; the Cooburn or Black Box of Narrabri 

 (Forester McGee). It is a tree which requires further investigation, the first work to be undertaken being 

 a list of localities which produce timbers kno;vn as ' Ironbark-Box ' or ' Bastard Ironbark ' . . . . 



" The ' Cooburn or Black Box ' is a tree that is often placed under E. bicolor, but in my opinion its 

 place is with odorata. 'Cooburn, Black Box; Ironbark Box, Bastard Ironbark.' This tree is referred 

 to in the following passage : — ' Cooburn, Black Box (Eucalyptus largiflorens). Timber hard, tough and 

 durable, very lasting underground, of a red colour. Used for fencing, rough buildings and sleepers. 

 Habitat, stony ridges, scrub forests, N. and S. coast districts (sic.) 100-120', 2-3'. Not very plentiful. 

 N.S.W. Catal, Col. and Ind. Exh., p. 199. It has a hard, scaly, black bark." Maiden in Journ. Roy. Soc. 

 S.A., xxvii, 246 (1903.) 



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From what Mr. Cambage wrote in 1900-2, it will be observed that he inclined 

 to the view that the Box which is supposed to have entered into this hybrid is 

 E. Woollsiana, though he points out that E. melliodora may or may not have a share. 

 In Part XLVII, p. 199, of the present work, I have expressed the opinion that 

 E. Woollsiana is a composite species and may include E. odorata. In 1903 I placed these 

 hybrids under E. odorata, not that I believed them to be typical, but, as I did not wish 

 to create another species, they seemed to come nearest to it, although at that time 

 my views of E. odorata were not entirely what they are at present. As regards 

 E. sideroxylon, we are both agreed that, if the trees be hybrids, that is probably one of 

 the parents. 



1. With E. odorata Behr. and Schlecht. 

 The timber was described as yellowish when freshly cut, but while it gets 

 reddish-brown after the lapse of years, I think it may be fairly stated that when fresh 

 it was never as pale as that of E. odorata or E. melliodora, nor, when old, as red as that of 

 E. sideroxylon. 



