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that lie may shew them the hidden beauties of the country. 

 "When Sir William Macarthur was collecting woods for the Ex- 

 hibition, the Eev. J. Hassall rendered him essential service in 

 guiding him to the part of the range called "The Sassafras." To 

 the same gentleman, Mr. Moore, Mr. Hill, and subsequently my- 

 self, were indebted for a similar favour. I thought, therefore, it 

 would be a graceful compliment to hand down his name to pos- 

 terity in connection with one of the noble trees which he delights 

 to exhibit. It appears, however, that the " lead-coloured gum," 

 though differing in the bark from a species previously described, 

 is in reality a mere variety of E. stellulata, which Dr. F. Mueller 

 found near Lake Omeo, and the sources of the Macallister, and 

 of which I forwarded him specimens from the neighourhood of 

 Mudgee. The white gum of the Berrima district is now ascertained 

 to be E. coriacea, and the yellow gum near Bongbong, a 

 variety of E. Stuartiana. The remaining species which I noticed 

 are identical with those of our district, most of which are de- 

 scribed in the second volume of Dr. F. Mueller's Fragmenta. On 

 my way to the Sassafras I noticed Sowerlcsa juncea, a marsh 

 plant, growing also near Sydney, a plant of the daisy family 

 (Bracliycome), a wild camomile (Helipterum anthemoides), two 

 species of eyebright (Euphrasia speciosa and E. paludosa), Stack- 

 housia monogyna, and a Renealmia which seems in some respects to 

 agree with Brown's description of R. pulcliella. Whether the 

 two species R. paniculata and R. pidchella are really distinct, or 

 whether they are two varieties of one species, differing in some 

 respects from the effects of the locality in which they occur, re- 

 mains to be determined. The one termed E. paniculata I have 

 seen in gullies at the Kurrajong, and also in a similar situation 

 near Bent's Basin. It seems to me a larger plant than that near 

 Wingecarribbee, and the leaves are generally rough at the 

 margins. Two remarkable trees of considerable size grow near 

 the Wingecarribbee Swamp, which I am happy to find are accu- 

 rately described in the first and second volume of Mr. Bentham's 

 Flora Australiensis. The one locally termed "Acacia," is Eu- 

 crypJiia Moorei of the Saxifragece, an ornamental tree, the young 

 shoots and foliage of which are pubescent, and the buds very 

 gummy. The leaves are pinnate and the leaflets from nine to 

 eleven. Mr. Bentham states that flowers and fruit of this species 



