322 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
but they then become dark-coloured and hard. “The dried leaves 
yielded 9} per cent. of tannic acid.” (Mueller and Rummel.) ; 
Spencer’s Gulf (South Australia), through Victoria and New 
South Wales to Southern Queensland. 
59. Eucalyptus macrorrhyncha, “%v.dZ, (Syn. £. acervula, 
Mig.); N.O., Myrtacez, B.FI., ili., 207. 
“ Stringybark.” (For other vernacular names, see ‘“‘ Timbers.”’) 
This bark contains 11.12 to 13.41 per cent. of kino-tannic acid. 
(Mueller and Hoffman.) The leaves have been examined by the 
author, and found to yield 40.18 per cent. of extract, and 10.13 
per cent. of tannic acid. (Proc. R.S., N.S.W., 1887, p. 265.) 
Victoria and New South Wales. 
60. Eucalyptus maculata, Hook. 7, (Syn. £. vartegata, F.v.M. ; 
E. peltata, Benth.); N.O., Myrtacez, B.FI., iii., 254 and 258. 
“ Spotted Gum.” 
A tan-bark, occasionally employed. The author obtained 
9.74 per cent. of tannic acid, and 20.865 per cent. of extract from 
a sample of this bark obtained from Cambewarra, New South 
Wales. (Proc. R.S., N.S.W. 196.) - The leaves (doc. cit., p. 274) 
yielded 28.32 per cent. of extract, and 5.263 per cent. of tannic 
acid. ; 
Port Jackson to Central Queensland. 
61. Eucalyptus melliodora, 4. Cunn., (Syn. £. patentifiora, Miq., 
non F.v.M.); N.O., Myrtacez, B.FI., iii., 210. 
“‘ Yellow Box.’’ (For other vernacular names, see ‘‘ Timbers.’’) 
This bark contains 4.03 per cent. of kino-tannic acid. 
(Mueller and Hoffmann.) Leaves of this species yielded the 
author 49.8 per cent. of extract, and 7.89 per cent. of tannic acid. 
(Proc. R.S., N.S.W., 1887, p. 266.) 
Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. 
62. Eucalyptus microcorys, /.v.1/.; N.O., Myrtacee, B.FI., iii., 
212. 
“ Tallow-wood.”’.. “Turpentine.” ‘* Tee.” 
