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Nortliern parts of the Colony does not extend to Port Jackson, 

 This species is famous for the so-called Tallow Wood. 



5. U. corymhosa, (Smith), so called, because the flowers are 

 generally in a terminal corymbose panicle, is the principal 

 ''Bloodwood" of the Colonists. The popular name is derived 

 from the kino-secretions which are found in the concentric circles 

 of the tree, or which exude from them in a liquid state. The 

 flowers and fruits of this species are comparatively large, the 

 former being sometimes an inch in length, whilst tL.e seeds are 

 winged. In the neighbourhood of Port Jackson, it appears 

 stunted, but I have measured a tree near Parramatta which I 

 found to be 112 feet, and Sir W. Macarthur reported from 

 specimens seen further south an average height of 120 feet. The 

 tree grows rapidly, and when young the wood is soft, but, in the 

 older trees, it becomes hard, and stands well in damp ground. 

 Though not to be compared in point of toughness or durability 

 with some of the Iron Barks or Mahoganies, it is nevertheless 

 utilized for posts, rails, and beams. The kino-sap is very 

 abundant, and is likely to prove useful for industrial and 

 medicinal purposes. According to the Catalogue of the Victorian 

 Exhibition, 1861, the leaves are found to contain a valuable 

 essential oil, " The }deld from 100 lbs. of leaves was as follows : 

 pure limpid oil 9 ounces 3 drachms, oil containing resinous 

 matter in suspension 6 ounces 2 drachms ; of the latter 50 per 

 cent, of its volume may be estimated as consisting of solid matter 

 upon which assumption the total yield may be approximately 

 stated as 12 ounces 4 drachms" (see Eeport). Manna is some- 

 times found on the leaves of E. corijmlosa, and the bark of the 

 tree is useful for its fibre. 



6. E. eximia, (Schau.) the ''Smooth-barked," •'YeUow,"or 

 *' Mountain Bloodwood," seems to have derived its specific name 

 from its proportionately large cream-coloured flowers and urcoolato 

 fruit, the latter sometimes nearly an inch in length. This, like 

 E. corijmlosa, is a large tree, rising GO or 80 feet, but differing 



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