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be used in argument or even discussion. He communicated 
his opinions to his correspondents and there an end, as a 
very general rule. The consequence was that only his 
friends and pupils (of which the present writer was one) 
had any idea either of the depth of his knowledge or of the 
readiness with which he communicated it to enquirers. 
Much of his great knowledge of N.S.W. plants has gone 
down to the grave with him unrecorded. For biographical 
notes see Heaton’s ‘* Austalian Dictionary of dates,’’ also 
(6), and ‘‘ Sydney Mail,’”’ 3rd May, 1890, Vict. Nat. ix, 185. 
[For portrait see Plate 13]. He is commemorated in the 
genus Woollsia (Lysinema) Epacridacee, and in the follow- 
ing species. :— 
Enhydra Woollsu, F.v.M. = £. paludosa, DC.; Hucalyptus 
Woollsii, F.v.M. = 2. longifolia, Link and Otto; #. Woollsiana, 
R. T. Baker = Z. odorata, Behr., var. Z'ylophora Woollsw, Benth.; 
Eremophila Woollsiana, F.v.M. = Pholidia Woollsiana, F.v M.; 
Prasophyllum Woollsit, F.v.M.; Alsophila Woollstana, F.v.M.=% 
