420 J. H. MAIDEN AND R. H. CAMBAGE, 
age; the timber not valued, being weak and perishable in 
comparison with many other of the common hardwoods.” 
- Under No. 28 it is described by the same writer as ‘“‘A 
fine looking but comparatively worthless sort; the timber 
weak and not durable.’’ The diameter is given as the 
same, but the height is reduced to from 80—100 feet high. 
It will be observed that under 108 the tree is described as 
of ‘‘elegant pendant foliage.’’ Speaking generally, this is 
not a good description, although we have seen an odd tree 
to which it would apply. In the great majority of cases 
the trees and foliage are rather erect in habit. 
In the ‘‘Flora Australiensis’’ (iii, 240) the specimen just 
mentioned (bearing the No.108) is placed under E. viminalis 
and the record has always been accepted, e.g., Woolls’ 
‘*Plants indigenous in the neighbourhood of Sydney ’”’ (1st 
and 2nd editions). 
The Nepean River trees are quite close to Camden Park 
and it would be impossible for Sir William Macarthur not 
to be familiar with them, and no other local tree could be 
mistaken for them. We are of opinion that H. viminalis, 
Labill. should be removed from the flora of the County of 
Cumberland. 
In the Kew herbarium isa specimen labelled “‘No. 16. 
Southern district New South Wales, Macarthur and others. 
‘Flooded Gum.’ From the London Hxhibition of 1862,’’ 
which appears to be referable to H. Benthamt. 
No. 16 in the official catalogue has the entry “‘Oollected 
by Edward Hill, Esq., aboriginal name at Brisbane Water 
‘Thurambai,’ vernacular name ‘Flooded Gum,’ a famous 
timber for ship-building and for house carpentry.’’ This 
description can only apply to E. saligna, Sm., but the 
herbarium specimens are not of that species. It is proper 
to refer to a numbered specimen in the principal herbarium 
