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species, and we are not aware that it has been recorded from 

 further south than Camden Haven. It extends along the coast 

 as far as Queensland. At Camden Haven it is found over an 

 area of about a mile by half a mile broad, and is locally known 

 as Stringybark, but it is more like Red Mahogany. The bark is 

 rough to the ultimate branchlets. The trees are poor and pipy; 

 a solid one could not be found. Their height goes up to (say) 30 

 feet, with a diameter of 15 inches, but the trees are of stunted 

 growth and their occurrence is patchy. We have seen a fruit 

 from Camden Haven 1^ inch broad by 1 inch deep. Near 

 Kempsy E. Planchoniana is a fine tree, resembling E. rohusta in 

 bark, and attaining a height of (say) 100 feet and a trunk 

 diameter of 3 feet. 



The folloiving are some Kotes which supplement tJiose given on 

 the species of EucalypAus already dealt with by us : — 



E. OBLIQUA, L'Herit. 



[Previous reference, 1896, 803.] 



Another Kew gardener, David Nelson, was Assistant Botanist 

 during Cook's third voyage, 1776-1779. L'Heritier founded 

 the famous genus Eucalyptus on E. ohliqua, first found b}^ 

 Nelson in Van Diemen's Land, and introduced into cultivation 

 by Captain Furneaux in 1774 (Pharm. Journ. 19th Deer., 1896, 

 p. 531.) 



The following letter is interesting, not only because it brings 

 the recorded localities of the species some miles to the west, but 

 because it embodies other experiences of a well-known observer : — 

 "The Eucal3^pt mentioned by you (E. ohliqua) is abundant here. 

 In this locality it is found on poor stony ranges chiefly. It attains 

 a great size, up to 8 or 9 feet or even more in diameter; such trees 

 are usually short-stemmed. It is said it will not last as posts, but 

 I have never been given satisfactory proof as to its unfitness. A 

 mile or two of fence is erected; the posts are mixed, probably 

 split from three or four different kinds of Stringybark. Then 12 



