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OBSERVATIONS ON THE EUCALYPTS OF NEW 



SOUTH WALES. 



Part V. 



By Henry Deane, M.A., F.L.S., and J. H. Maiden, F.L.S. 



(Plates xxxvii.-xlii.) 



E. Macarthuri, sp.nov. — The Camden Woolly-butt. 

 (Plate xxxviii.) 



The history of this interesting species is as follows : — Sir 

 William Macarthur collected its timber for the Paris Exhibition 

 of 1855, it bearing the number 142 of the indigenous woods of 

 the southern district he was commissioned to procure for this 

 Exhibition. Under the name of " Wooly Gum of Argyle," he 

 described it as follows : " A species of picturesque growth, con- 

 fined to a limited extent of country; wood not esteemed, reputed 

 to possess little comparative strength or durability. Height, 

 40-80 feet; diameter, 36-48 inches." 



The identical specimen was sent by Sir William to the London 

 Exhibition of 1862, this time under the name of "Woolly Gum 

 of Berrima," and it was described as "a tree of beautiful form, 

 but the timber weak and worthless." 



In the year 1864 Miss Atkinson (afterward Mrs. Calvert) 

 collected it, and following is a copy of her label : — " Bark fibrous, 

 Woolly Gum, Berrima Large round tree, very hard wood, but 

 not used, as it does not split well." 



Her original specimens are in the National Herbarium of 

 Victoria, and were seen by Bentham, who referred them to E. 

 viminalis. See also B.Fl. iii, 240, where this species is referred 

 to as " Camden Woolly Butt, Woolls." 



Probably both Miss Atkinson and Dr. Woolls collected speci- 

 mens, and the following passage was written soon after the 



