Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M46, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 80.07.01

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

William Woolls to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1880-07-01. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1880-9/1880/80-07-01-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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MS found with a specimen of
Eucalyptus siderophloia

Search for Eucalyptus siderophloia in

(MEL 231793).
Richmond
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NSW.
July 1/80
My dear Baron,
The enclosed specimens of Iron Bark have been generally referred to " E. siderophloia " the "large leaved" or "White Iron Bark;" but I am very doubtful, whether that with the short operculum is of the same species. What do you think? The trees differ in appearance & the wood is not exactly alike.
If the one from Emu
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Emu Plains, near Penrith, NSW, the location given in the AVH entry for the specimen.
is distinct, I should imagine that it is of the same species as the Iron Bark Box from Cabramatta.
4
NSW.
Both of these trees are perfectly distinct from E. paniculata & E. crebra or E. sideroxylon .
The specimens forwarded are old, but should you think the matter worthy of consideration, I will procure fresh ones in the spring or summer
Yours very sincerely
W. Woolls