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Operculum. —Thick and hard, conical, about as long as the calyx-tube, or sometimes longer. 
Stamens. —Fully \ inch long, inflected in the bud; anthers ovate-oblong, with distinct parallel 
cells. 
Ovary. —Rather shorter than the calyx, convex in the centre. Fruit somewhat pear-shaped, 
truncate, nearly | inch long, straight or scarcely contracted at the orifice, the broad rim 
prominent, the capsule slightly sunk, but the valves sometimes protruding, or the whole 
fruit is shorter with a flat rim. (B. FI. iii, 226.) 
Botanical Name. —Eucalyptus, from two Greek words— eu, well, kalypto, 
I cover, in allusion to the little cap (usually more or less conical) which well covers 
the unexpanded flower, and which is thrown off as the flower opens. Longifolia, of 
course, means long-leaved, and the leaves of this tree are frequently very long, 
especially, as Rev. Dr. "Woolls has pointed out, when young and growing near water. 
In excejffional cases, other gum-trees have very long leaves too; for instance, some 
years ago I received from the southern part of this State some which almost 
measured 17 inches without the stalk. They came from a tree locally known as 
“Mountain Gum” ( Eucalyptus goniocalyx ). 
Vernacular Name. —“ Woolly Butt” : The hark is of a dirty grey, brittle, 
fibrous character, and was thought to he of woolly texture. It often resembles box 
hark a good deal. 
The name “Woolly Butt” is, of course, descriptive of the hark, hut it is not 
a perfectly happy one. I have frequently seen trees with harks more Avoolly than 
that of the “ Blaekhutt.” It has this advantage, however, that the term “ V r oolly 
Butt” is, so far as I know, never applied to any other gum-free, although there is 
another native tree growing in the northern part of this State, to which I have also 
heard the name applied. I allude to the “Brush” or “Scrub Box” ( Tristania 
conferla). 
This tree often goes hv the names of “Peppermint” and “ Redwood” in the 
South Coast district, the latter name being used for obvious reasons, and the former 
because the bark resembles that of another Eucalyptus tree, known as “ Peppermint,” 
both in texture and being persistent to the ultimate branches. 
The use of these names on the South Coast is not a little puzzling. “ Woolly 
Butt” is the common name in the Sydney district, but “ Peppermint” or “ Redwood” 
is in most general use from, say, Shoalhaven to Moruya, while “ Woolly Butt ” is most 
commonly in use from Moruya to Victoria. At the same time, I have heard the 
three names used indiscriminately over a large area of the South Coast. It affords 
an excellent practical reason why botanical names should be used for timber trhes 
wherever possible. Confusion in names of timbers leads to trade disputes and 
uncertainties and accusations of bud faith in many ways. 
Recent examination of flic original herbarium specimens shows that the late 
Sir William Macarthur called it “ Rougli-barked Gum,” in his Exhibit No. 25 of 
the London International Exhibition of 1862 (N.S.W. Timbers). 
