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Additional Bibliographical Notes. 



(The list given in Part I of this work has not been repeated, nor have the many 

 bibliographical notes which are scattered throughout the text.) 



The First Eucalyptus Described. — One is naturally disappointed that the " Botany 

 of Cook's First Voyage " (Banks and Solander) (edited by J. Britten), contains practically 

 no Euealypts. Vol. II includes two North Queensland species under Plate 116 (E. alba), 

 and Plate 117 (E. terminaUs). The latter is, however, probably E. crebra and not 

 E. terminaUs F.v.M. ; see my note at Part XL, p. 306. The original of Plate 116 came 

 from the Endeavour River, and the native name was *' Kaikur," while that of Plate 117 

 came from Lizard Island, Thirsty Sound. 



The first Eucalyptus was described by L'Heritier in his " Sertum Anglicum," 

 published in Paris in 1788 from plants observed by him at Kew in the years 1786 and 

 1787, as stated on the title page. We have at p. 18 the original description of the 

 genus Eucalyptus, then the words :— " Eucalyptus obliqua, Tab. 20. Habitat in Nova 

 Cambria, Nelson, Guil., Anderson." This ends the reference. David Nelson and 

 William Anderson were on Cook's Third Voyage (1776-1779), as mentioned by me in 

 Part II of the present work, p. 51, under E. obliqua). 



In Aiton's " Hortus Kewensis," ed. 1, vol. ii, p. 157 (1789) we have: 



"1. Eucalyptus. L'Herit. sert. angl. tab. 20, obliqua. Oblique-leav'd 

 Eucalyptus. Nat. of New South Wales. Introd. 1774 by Tobias Furneaux, Esq., 

 Fl. July." 



(New South Wales included Tasmania in those days, the latter not being then 

 known to be an Island.) 



Tobias Furneaux was the Captain of the ship which visited the modern Tasmania 

 (Adventure Bay) in the " Adventure," in Cook's Second Voyage (1772-1774). It is 

 quite possible that plants were raised from Furneaux's seeds, collected in February, 

 1773, but L'Heritier described the species from plants collected in January, 1777, by 

 Nelson and Anderson. As will be seen from L'Heritier's figure, he had flowers and 

 fruits, and they could not have been seedlings from Furneaux's plants. If Aiton's 

 statement is true, he (or rather his officers) must have collected seeds of the trees, or 

 branches bearing ripe fruits, and these found their way into Aiton's hands in 1774. 

 This would not alter the fact of the genus being oased on the material of Nelson, but 

 it would prove that the plant was in cultivation before the visit of Nelson and Anderson 

 to Tasmania. 



