THE NATURALIST IN AUSTRALIA. 



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What the pine woods are to Canada, the Gum forests are to 

 Australia. Over tens of thousands of square miles the Eucalyptus 

 reigns supreme, spreading over ridge and valley, clothing all 

 Nature in one great garment of sad-coloured green. This noble 

 Order of the myrtle family includes no less than 140 species. 

 The flower is furnished with a curious woody calyx, the united 



IV. 



EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS (Lab.). 



petals forming a sort of hat, which comes off when the numerous 

 stamens arrive at maturity. The first leaves put forth are 

 rounded, of a pale-bluish hue ; but subsequently all are 

 lanceolate or sickle-shaped, dull olive in colour. These hang 



