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NATURAL ORDER. 



OLACINE^E. 



UNFORTUNATELY, not many representatives of this Order are found in Australia, for it is from this family that the 

 timbers of the common Ashes (Fraxinus excelsior and kindred species) of other countries are derived. The species 

 occurring in New South Wales is commonly known as " Maple," a not well chosen term, as it has not the tacies of any 

 of the other timbers passing under that name. In figure it more nearly approaches the North American Sycamore- 

 and, perhaps, some Oaks (Quercus). 



SPECIES ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR : 

 Maple (Villaresia Moorei, F.v.M.). 





