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(a) The Ballina specimens should probably be regarded as the type. A specimen 

 is before me (W. Baeuerlen, June, 1891, " Bark fibrous, light brown."), and is figured at 

 4, Plate 163. 



(b) The history of the specimen attributed to the Rev. Dr. Wcolls is as follows, 

 but there is no evidence that he ever saw it. He got his information out of an exhibition 

 catalogue, which he did not cite, nor were there any specimens in his herbarium which 

 his widow presented to me. Following is a note I published in my " Forest Flora of 

 New South Wales," Part xi, p. 27 :— 



At the London Exhibition of 1862, Mr. Charles Moore, of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, exhibited 

 two samples of timber (marked Iviii and lix in the Catalogue of New. South Wales timbers), both from 

 " Clarence and Richmond open forests." Both were called by the aborigines " Weni Aabie," and the 

 former by the colonists " Rough-barked Bloodwood," and the latter " Smooth-barked Bloodwood." Thus 

 they are described : — 



(lviii) Prevailing to a great extent ; a tree of considerable size. Timber of great strength, and 

 very durable, both in and out of ground. Used principally for posts and beams, (lix) This and the 

 preceding are mere varieties of the species, and only to be distinguished from each other (by the bark ?). 

 Both are equally common, and are used for the same purposes.* 



The " Smooth-barked Bloodwood " is now more usually known as " White " or " Pale Bloodwood," 

 and I desire to draw further attention to it. 



The late Rev. Dr. Woolls, " Flora of Australia," p. 288, quoted Moore (without the reference), and 

 observed that " Mountain Bloodwood" (E. eximia) is different from the Bloodwood of the north, which 

 indeed it is. 



(c) I have not seen specimens from Barney's Wharf, Cambewarra, but have seen 

 some from the Shoalhaven, close by. 



The range of the species is from the Victorian-New South Wales border (not far 

 from the coast) to southern Queensland. I see no reason why it should not be found 

 within Victorian territory, and further in Queensland. 



" . . . . but in New England it seems to be noticed that the bark also 

 becomes smooth and whitish from shelving off in flakes." (" Eucalyptographia," 

 under E. corymbosa). This apparently refers to " Pale Bloodwood." But New England 

 proper is a mistake, as E. corymbosa, or any other Bloodwood, only occurs at a lower 

 elevation. Nor is the pale appearance of the bark caused by any deciduousness of the 

 flakes. 



The most southerly locality from which I have received specimens is Eden, Twofold Bay. " Called 

 White Bloodwood locally as the timber is quite white when freshly cut, but dries a brownish tint. Grain 

 of timber appears to be finer than the red wood. Fruits and general appearance of the trees apparently 

 the same in this district." (Forest Guard H. H. Rose, Eden.) 



The next in order going north are specimens collected by Mr. W. Baeuerlen, 

 Collector for the Technological Museum, in August, 1890, in the Bateman's Bay district. 

 I was Curator of the Museum at the time, and the specimens were referred to 

 Mueller. They have been distributed as (a) Sources of the Clyde, Baeuerlen, No. 37, 

 and (b) Mogo near Moruya, Mogo being 8 miles from the Bateman's Bay township, 

 but the localities are practically the same. Baeuerlen labelled it " A supposed hybrid 

 of E. corymbosa and E. maculata," and it has bem already referred to. 



'Quoted in Maiden's "Useful Native Plants of Australia,' p. 441 (1889). 



