ON A BOX-TREE FROM NEW SOUTH WALES AND QUEENSLAND. 163 



ON A BOX-TREE FROM NEW SOUTH WALES AND 

 QUEENSLAND. 



By J. H. Maiden, i.s.o., f.r.s., f.l.s. 



[Read before the Royal Society of N.S. Wales, September 1, 1920. ] 



Eucalyptus Pilligaensis n. sp. 



Arbor mediocris, cortice cana E. hemiphloice simile et in trunco 

 ramisque persistente; ligno brunneo, fibris tortuosis; foliis junior- 

 ibus lineari-lanceolatis ca 10 cm. longis et 1-25 cm. latis, utrinque 

 obscuris, venis distinctis sed praeter costam non conspicuis, vena 

 peripherica a margine paullo remota, venis patentibus; foliis 

 maturis angusto-lanceolatis ca 10 cm. longis, 2 5 cm. latis, nitent- 

 ibus vel obscuro-nitentibus utrinque, venis junioribus foliis 

 similibus; alabastris non angularibus, operculo conico, calyce in 

 pedicillum angustato; antheris E. odorake similibus, stigma paullo 

 dilata; fructibus parvis conoideis ad subcylindraceis ca 3 mm. 

 longis in pedicellum paullo longiorem angustatis, pedunculo ca 

 9 mm.; margine distincta valvis pleruinque 4, valde immersis. 



A medium sized tree. 



Bark — Whitish-grey like that of E. hemipliloia, and per- 

 sistent as in that species, on the trunk and main branches. 



Timber — Brown coloured and interlocked. 



Juvenile leaves — Linear-lanceolate, say 10 cm. (4 inches) 

 long and say 1*25 cm. (£ inch) broad, dull on both sides, 

 venation distinct though not conspicuous, except as regards 

 the midrib. Intramargihal vein a little distant from the 

 edge, venation spreading. 



Mature leaves — Narrow lanceolate, say 10 cm. (4 inches) 

 long and up to say 2'5 cm, (f inch) broad, shining or dull- 

 shining (egg-shell lustre) on both sides; venation as in 

 juvenile leaves. 



