

NATURAL ORDER. 



VERBENACE^E. 



IT is from a genus of this Order that the famous Indian Teak is obtained, and its best representatives occur in 

 the tropics, although some good specimens are found in the temperate zones. The finest trees in Australia are those 

 going under the generic name of Gmelina, or commonly, in New South Wales at least, " Beech." Some of them are 

 giants of the coastal brushes. The timber has been much more used in the past than at the present day, although still 

 a favourite with wood carvers. There are several other good woods in the order, but they have not yet come to the 

 front. 



SPECIES ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR : 



Beech (Gmelina Leichhardtii, F.v.M.;. 





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