640 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
Occasionally the concentric shells which form in the timber 
of these trees is filled more or less completely by a fungus 
apparently the same as the “German Tinder’’ (Amadou) of 
Europe. It is beautifully soft, and frequently closely resembles 
chamois leather in texture and general appearance. It has been 
obtained in pieces two or three feet wide. I have seen the fungus 
from the two first-mentioned trees, but in communicating with the 
Rev. Dr. Woolls, that gentleman points out that not only has he 
seen large pieces of it taken from the wood of the last tree, but 
he also kindly gives me the following information: “The fungus 
is Xylostroma giganteum, Fries, which possesses no pileus, and | 
destroys the wood of the firmest and most solid character.’ 
Dr. Woolls found it near Parramatta. Mr. Bauerlen has brought 
it to me from near Cambewarra. Since the above was written 
the author has seen it from £. amygdalina also. 
New South Wales to Northern Australia (2. corymbosa) ; 
New South Wales to Queensland (2. maculata); New South 
Wales to Queensland (Z. s¢derophlota). 
18. Eucalyptus cosmophylla, Fv.M., N.O., Myrtacess; (abi 
Ml, 225. 
A “Scrub Gum.” 
From its handsome and ornamental leaves, which, being 
of a more than ordinarily thick and fleshy character, and, there- 
fore, slow to fade, Baron Mueller has suggested this gum as 
highly suitable for decorative purposes. 
South Australia. 
19. Hucalyptus sepuleralis, 7.v.47., N.O., Myrtacese, Lucalypto- 
graphia. (Mueller.) 
This tree has a pendulous habit, something like a weeping- 
willow; hence, Baron Mueller suggests its fitness for cemetery 
cultivation. 
Western Australia. 
20. Euphorbia Drummondii, Bozss., (Syn. L. chamesgee, Baill.; . 
FE. Ferdinandi, Baill; £. Dallachyana, Baill.); N.O., 
Euphorbiacee, B.FI:, vi., 49. 
