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la the Report of Tests ou " BIut Gum " from Queensland, experimented upon by the Victorian 

 Timber Board, 1884. this timber is called E. botryoides— additional evidence of the confusion of 

 nomenclature. 



I have indubitable specimen? of E. saligna, or its variety paVridivahis, from the following Queensl n 1 

 localities :— ° Three-mile Brush, Moreton Bay/' and other Queensland localities (Lcichhardt). Maroochie ; 

 Eumundi (P. M. Bailey); Brisbane (J. L. Boorinan, J.H.M.). 



Speaking of E. botryoides, N.\ie\\er (" Eucalyptographia ") says :— " Probably it does not extend 

 into Queensland, as the Blue Gum-tree mentioned from thence is referable to a species of the series of 

 Leiophloi.ne, probably E. saligna." 



Following is the history of the Brisbane Water, N.S.W., specimens which have caused such 

 confusion through the locality being mistaken for Brisbane, Queensland. 



The following specimens are in Herb. Kew, where I examined them : — 



(a) " No. 91. Sydney woods," labelled " 100-160 ft., Brisbane River* Gum, W. Macarthur, 

 1851 " (for the Paris Exhibition, 1855). (See also B.F1. iii, 229.) 



(6) " N o. 18. Blue Gum." This specimen bears the further label, "Corresponding with wood 

 collection in Museum Coll. by Macarthur and others, S. district, N.S'. Wales, London Exhibition, '62." 



Sir William Macarthur's catalogue (" Catal. of N.3.W., &c., Timbers at the Paris Exhibition, 

 1855") gives the following additional information : — " Aboriginal name at Illawarra, 'Couranga'; the 

 Blue Gum of the Coast districts, particularly at Brisbane Water. Diameter 40-72 inches, height 

 100-160 feet. A magnificent timber for ship-building, and a favourite wood for house-carpentry ; not 

 nearly so hard or heavy, and not so durable as the Ironbarks." 



Both these herbarium specimens are in bud only, and refer to the same samples, No. 18 being the 

 number of the same timber specimen (London Exhibition, 1862) which at the Paris Exhibition of 1855 

 bore the number 91. 



They were labelled E. botryoides by Bentham and referred to in the " Flora Australicn<-is " under 

 that species. 



Following are some further New South Wales specimens also examined by Benthim. They were 

 exhibited by Macarthur at the Paris Exhibitions of 1S55 and London 1862. 



" Nos. 42 (London), 94 (Paris) " Bangaliy " or " Swamp Mahogany " of Brisbane Water. 

 Diameter, 30-36 inches; height, 40-80 feet. A crooked-growing tree, the timber much valued for knets 

 and crooked timbers of coasting vessels. 



"No. 136. Sydney woods, Paris Exhibition, W. Macarthur, 1854." Its number in the London 

 Exhibition Catal. was 43. Sir William .Macarthur called this " Swamp Mahogany " (a name now reserved, 

 as far as possible, for E. robusta), and stated that the aboriginal name at the Illawarra is " Burram 

 Murra." His further note is: — " Diam. 36-60 inches, height 60-100 ft. A useful timber for inside 

 work, but not equal to the better sorts of Eucalypti in strength or durability." In bud and nearly ripe 

 fruit. Specimen in Herb. Kew, where I saw it. 



"No. 244. Sydney woods, Paris Exhibition, W. Macarthur, 1854, from Appin, 50-80 ft." In 

 the Exhibition Catalogue, Sir William Macarthur gives the following additional information: — "Name 

 in Cumberland and Camden 'Grey Gum,' and ' Maandowic' (aboriginal). Diameter 24-48 inches, 

 height 60-100 ft. An excellent gum timber." 



Bcntham Ins marked this specim -n A'! bo.'ryrilei (?). It is in bud only, is in Herb. Kew, where I 

 examined it. Macarthur calls this "Grey Gum," a name never applied to E. botryoides, but sometimes 

 applied to E. saligna] 



_Y. a- South Wales, Both E. saligna a.nc\ E. botryoides arc common in the Sydney district. Southward 

 from Milton, I have no specimens of E. saligna other than with a rough bark. These connect with the 

 Victorian trees. 



The billowing notes in regard to New South Wales tree? will be suggestive. E. saligna is common 

 on the northern tableland, extending from the Hunter t" New England. It is to be found at the foot of 

 Mt. Lindsay, with rather small fruits and very ex'erled valves (W. Forsyth). I have it also from the 

 Ma-phei-on Range, on both Bides of tie- New South Wales-Queensland border (W. Dunn). 



• Brisbane Woter is at tlic mouth of the Wawkcshury Kivcr, about 50 miles north of Sydney. The " Brisbane 

 Rirei " i«, of course, in ^ticcnsland. The label is in Sir William Macarthur' tt handwriting, and is a slip of the pen for 

 " Brisbane Water." 



