DESCRIPTION. 



CKXX1II. E. Macarthuri Deane and Maiden. 



THE CAMDEN WOOLLY-BUTT. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxiv, 4-18 (1899), with plate xxxviii. 

 Following is the original description : — 



The history of this interesting species is as follows : — Sir William Macarthur collected its timber for 

 the Paris Exhibition of 1S55, it bearing the number 142 of the indigenous woods of the southern district; 

 he was commissioned to procure for this Exhibition. Under the name of " Woolly Gum of Argyle, he 

 described it as follows : " A species of picturesque growth, confined to a limited extent of country; wood 

 not esteemed.* r< puted to possess little comparative strength or durability. Height, -10-80 feet; diameter, 

 36-48 inches." 



The identical specimen was sent by Sir William to the London Exhibition of 1862, this time under 

 the name of " Woolly Gum of Berrima,'' and it was described as " a tree of beautiful form, but the timber 

 weak and worthless.'' 



In the year 1861 Miss Atkinson (afterwards Mrs. Calvert) collected it, and the following is a copy of 

 her label : — " Bark fibrous, Woolly Gum. Berrima. Largo ronn I ery hard wood, but not used, as 



it does not spbt well." 



Her original specimens are in the National Herbarium of Victoria, and were seen by Bentham, who 

 referred them to E. Diminalis. See also B.F1. iii, 240, where this species is referred to as " Camden 'W oolly 

 Butt, Woolls." 



Probably both Miss Atkinson and Dr. Woolls collected specimens, and the following passage was 

 written soon after the arrival of the 3rd volume of the Fl in the Colony : — 



" E. diversifolia. — I have ventured to separate the c Camden Woolly-butt ' from the ; Manna Gum ' 

 (E. viminalis), with which it has been associated, because the trees differ so much from each other in bark, 

 habit, &c. The Camden Woolly-butt resembles in some respects the Woolly-butt of other disti 

 having the lower part of the tree covered with fibrous bark and the upper branches smooth. The inflores- 

 cence. In.- . ,nd the leaves are very different, being sometimes narrow-lanceolate and alternate, and 

 sometimes cordate or ovate-acuminate, sessile and opposite-. The buds and seed-vessels are small, generally 

 eight in each teral umbel. ] common in the neighbourhood of Berrima, and 

 attains the height, of 80 feet, but beautiful as the form of the tree is, the wood is said to be indifferent. — 

 W lolls' ' ontribution to the Flora of A . 235 1867). 



And again : — " E folia, which, in the Flora, is regarded as one of the forms of E. 



certainly a distinct species, and called ' Camden Woolly Butt.' The lower p irt of the tree is fibrous, and 

 the leaves differ from narrow lanceolate and alternate to cordate, sessile and opposite." — Woolls' Lectures 

 o t the Vegetable Kingdom, p. 12'i (1*7 



[t will thus be seen that Woolls did not agree with Bentham in placing ' : ■ " ' ' tmden Woolly-butt " 

 under E. viminalis, and he himself placed it under E. ills did this probably because he 



thought that the reference in B.Fl. iii. 240, to E. di ■ was intended for the " Camden Woolly-butt," 



but it is not Bonpland's species, Mueller (Eucalyptographia, under / having shown that 



plate in PL de Malmaison, 35, t. 13, represents a young state of E. ilia. 



* With i' .:-ricm c this estimate has been modifie I- i will present information on this point in my " forest 



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