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rough work. It may be mentioned as a remarkable instance of 

 its durability, that some rafters of it which were placed in St. 

 John's Church, Parramatta, (the Church of the Eev. Samuel 

 Marsden), in 1798, were found in a perfect state of preservation 

 in 1852, when the Church was pulled down. Some portions of 

 these rafters were dressed up and forwarded to the Paris Exhibi- 

 tion in 1855. 



(9.) E. corymbosa is another species common near Sydney, and 

 is usually called " Bloodwood" from the blood-like resin which 

 exudes from the concentric circles of the tree Near Port Jack- 

 son, the trees appear stunted, but fiarther inland, they sometimes 

 attain the height of 120 feet, and afford material for fencing and 

 firewood. As the tree is rapid in growth, the wood is usually 

 soft, especially in the younger trees, but as they attain greater 

 age, it becomes much harder, and is said to stand well in damp 

 ground. Sir William Macarthur states that it is a useless sort 

 of timber, but Mr. Moore, in referring to specimens from the 

 Clarence and Eichmond Forests, says that the timber is of great 

 strength, and very durable, both in and out of the ground, and 

 that it is used principally for posts and beams. The seeds of 

 this species are winged. 



(10.) E. eximia is the " Mountain Bloodwood." I regarded it 

 simply as a variety of the species near Sydney, but in the late re- 

 view of the genus by Mr. Bentham, that eminent Botanist, judging 

 from some specimens which I had collected near the Grose, has 

 determined it to be a distinct species, more nearly allied to E. 

 maculata, " Spotted Gum," than to the Port Jackson " Bloodwood." 

 The flowers are large and corymbose, and the operculum is double, 

 whilst the seed-vessel is of an urn-shape, nearly an inch long 

 with the capsule deeply sunk. At the Clarence and Eichmond 

 Eivers, the " Bloodwood" prevails to a great extent, and the work- 

 men reckon two kinds, the one with smooth, and the other, with 

 rough bark, but Mr. Moore regarded them as mere varieties of 

 one species. It seems probable that the Mountain "Bloodwood" 

 which overhangs the valley of the Grose, is different from the 

 Bloodwood of the North. 



The fourth section comprises those species of Eucalyptus, which 

 have the bark fibrous, and persistent, for the most part, on the 

 trunk and the branches. Of this kind, the common " Stringy 



