392 Eev. D. Landsborough on 



remarkably broad, one giving a measurement of 9 inches 

 by 4|. It is specially illustrative of that feature in the 

 trees of Australia which enables them to expose them- 

 selves edgeways, instead of horizontally, to the sun, for 

 the development of one side of the leaf is almost twice 

 that of the other, and thus the superior weight of the one 

 side causes it to hang down, and to make the opposite side 

 stand erect. The habit of the tree corresponds to the 

 shape of the leaf, being remarkably broad. This tree 

 illustrates the fact that some alpine plants grow well in the 

 vicinity of the sea. A native of the alpine regions of 

 Australia, it grows at Corrie Hotel, Arran, in full luxuri- 

 ance within 35 yards of the sea. It was planted last year, 

 and is now 3| feet in height. 



6. The Cider Tree or Mountain White Gum {E. 

 Guiinii). — The leaves of this species are small, of a light 

 green colour, and are highly odoriferous. It is very hardy, 

 and grows in the open air at Kew. A plant 6 feet in 

 height grows at Craigyard, Lamlash ; a smaller one at the 

 Free Church Manse, Whiting Bay. It receives the name 

 cider tree from the liquid that flows from it when the 

 bark is pierced. 



7. The Urn-bearing Gum {E. urnigera). — The leaves 

 of this species are of medium size and of a dark green 

 colour. It grows at Strabane, Brodick, and is very hardy. 

 It receives its name from the shape of the fruit. 



8. The Coccus-bearing Gum (£'. coccifera). — This 

 differs from most of the genus in the leaves being 

 leathery, even when the plant is very young. They are 

 small, of a dark bluish colour, and covered with whitish 

 bloom. This species is very hardy. A specimen grows 

 at Powderham Castle, Kenton, Devonshire, more than 

 60 feet in height and more than a foot in diameter. 

 A tree of wliat I consider this species, though the authori- 

 ties at Kew have pronounced it to be E. amygdalina, 

 grows at Castle Kennedy, Wigtownshire. It grows at 

 several places in Arran. 



In addition to the above Eucalypti already in Arran, 

 through the kindness of friends allowing me to plant them 

 in their gardens, I may mention that I have specimens 

 of the Fig-leaved Gum {E. Jicifolia), from Broken Inlet, 



