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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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BARKLY. After Sir Henry Barkly (1815–98), of Rossshire, Governor in West Indies and Australia. Derivs.: 1. Barklya, in Bot., a genus of leguminosae from Queensland (1904 F. Müller in Forest Flora N.S. Wales I. 31); 2. Barklyite, a dark-red variety of carborundum from Australia (1854 M. Stephen in Quart. Jnl. Geol. Soc. X. 303).
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