262 ODOROGRAPHIA. 



the high sp. gr. may be accounted for by some peculiar substance 

 dissolved in the sample tested, especially as the sample is 

 remarked upon as being viscid, and like a fatty oil left a 

 stain on paper. 



E. obliqua, L'Heritier vel robusta, E. fcibrorum, SchL, E. 

 gigantea, J. Hook,* commonly known as " The Stringy Bark." 

 It is found growing on very poor soil and at considerable 

 elevations in all the mountainous districts of Tasmania, also in 

 Victoria, southern coast of I^ew South Wales, and South Australia, 

 where it forms vast forests. It is a very fine tree, of an average 

 height of 150 feet, but specimens of 300 and 400 feet in height 

 are not uncommon. Its close-grained wood is used for many 

 purposes, being only slightly inferior to that of E. globulus, and 

 the bark is useful for the manufacture of paper. Its foliage has a 

 bluish tint like that of E. globulus, the essential oil of w^hich is 

 described (Wittstein and Mueller) as being of a reddish-yellow 

 colour, mild odour, and bitter taste. Sp. gr. 0899 ; boiling point 

 171^-195° C. 



The eucalypts yielding Kino are : — 

 E. rostrata, Schlecht. 

 E. calophylla, E. Brown. 

 E. corijmhosa, Smith. 

 E. maculata, Hooker. 

 E. tesselaris, Mueller. 

 E. sideropholia, Benth. 

 E. amygdalina, Labil. 

 / E. Piperita, Smith. 



Though most abundantly found in the Australian continent and 

 its neighbourhood, many of the various species of eucalyptus are 

 found to thrive under very different influences as regards climate 

 and soil. Several have been introduced into India, and are 

 thriving admirably, some being grown at elevations where snow 

 remains on the ground for several months of the year ; others 

 flourish best in the northern and warbier x^arts of the continent ; 

 others again, are more at home in swampy ground, whilst some 

 seem to prefer sandy or calcareous soils. The experimental 

 cultivation of gum-trees in other countries must therefore be 



* Flor. Austr., iii., p. 204. 



