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See also the description of the bark under Wyndham (J. L. Boorman); near 

 Albury (Bishop J. W. Dwyer) ; Canberra (B. H. Cambage). 



The use of the term Box as applied to this tree has caused some confusion. The 

 earliest settlers probably applied the name to a half-barked sub-fibrous barked tree, 

 which Sydney people know as. Box (E. hemiphloia). Later settlers, in the drier parts, 

 refer to a bark which is often less fibrous and more flaky, e.g. , as is often seen in 

 E. melliodora. I have seen the trees over much of the range of the species in New South 

 Wales and Victoria, and am satisfied that the " north of Bathurst " (the type) and the 

 Southern Tableland (and Victorian) trees do not really differ in bark. There are, of 

 course, differences in the barks as regards individual trees, particularly in localities 

 far apart, as one would naturally expect. 



E. polyanthemos has lanceolate leaves. 



The following specimens were seen by Mueller and labelled by him E. poly- 

 anthemos ; all Lave lanceolate leaves, which indeed are often seen on the upper branches 

 of the species. It is, indeed, a matter of common observation that towards the top of 

 an adult tree the leaves become smaller or more lanceo'ate. This has been already 

 referred to under "Illustrations." 



Mr. B. H. Cambage (op. cit. ) points out the variation in the leaves of this species. 

 Besides the examples to be immediately cited, see the references under " Bange" to the 

 Federal Territory leaves (Weston, Camtage), and Hill End (Cambage). 



1. " Den." Narrow-leaved Grey Box. The young saplings have round blue 

 leaves, the old trees as within [i.e., lanceolate leaves. — J.H.M.]. Bark grey, persistent, 

 and looks often scaly. The smallest branches are smooth. This tree when young often 

 grows as a number of saplings from the same root. The trunk has often swellings and 

 knobs, and is frequently largest just where it springs from the ground (Iguana Creek, 

 Gippsland, A. W. Howitt, No. 10). 



As to the use of the name Den, see the present work XIII, p. 109. These speci- 

 mens show that, even if this aboriginal name is given to another species, it is certainly 

 applied to E. polyanthemos. 



2. In" E. polyanthemos, Snowy Biver, Gippsland (B. Bowe per Charles Walter)," 

 the leaves vary from broadly lanceolate to lanceolate and even narrow-lanceolate. 

 There are no orbicular leaves amongst them. 



3. Mudgee road, N.S.W. The specimen is identical with Schauer's, but the 

 sender [not named. — J.H.M.] writes : — " In the larger trees the leaves are ovate- 

 lanceolate." 



Other specimens in the Melbourne Herbarium including lanceolate leaves are : — 

 Daylesford (J. B. Tovey); County of Talbot (F. M. Beader). Both Victoria. 



