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of the species are well represented. In the early days of the 

 colony, the wood was not much valued, as it had the character of 

 decaying- very soon when placed in the ground. Of late years, 

 however, a different opinion has been expressed, and it is now 

 used extensively for the staves of casks, the upper parts of 

 railway bridges, and ship-building. The Baron states that 

 " General Ward, K.C.M.Q-., found the specific gravity of the 

 wood to be at an average in four experiments 0.942, and he 

 records also the strength of this timber to bear a transverse strain 

 and its degree of elasticity, in which respects it ranks high in 

 value, though not equalling the best Iron Bark trees." ^. 

 maculata, occurs in the neighbourhood of Liverpool, and on the 

 hills near Cobbitty, and has an extensive range in other parts of 

 the colony. According to the systematic arrangement of Mr. 

 Bentham, this species ranks next to U. eximia, or the smooth 

 barked Blood wood, but the trees are very different in habit and 

 appearance, the one having smooth or mottled bark, whilst the 

 other has a roughish bark of a fibrous texture, though not so well 

 defined in that respect as E. corynilosa, the common Bloodwood. 



8. JE. ohhisijlora, (DC.) is the only shrubby species indigenous 

 in the county of Cumberland. It is found not far from the sea- 

 coast near Sydney, and then again on the Blue Mountains about 

 2,000 feet above the level of the sea. In the coast variety, the 

 leaves are sometimes four or five inches long, and three-quarters 

 of an inch wide, the operculum obtuse, the flowers large for so 

 small a species, the fruit ovoid-truncate, and above haK an inch 

 in length. On the Mountains the leaves are nearly as long, but 

 not half an inch in width ; whilst the flower-buds are somewhat 

 mucronate, and the fruit about four lines in length. Judging 

 from the bark, the shape of the anthers and the shrubby habit, 

 it appears to me that both forms must be referred to the same 

 species. There is, however, some difficulty respecting the shrubby 

 Eucalypts which form brushes on the highest parts of the 

 Mountains. Two of them are regarded by Mr. Bentham as 



