KUCALYPTUS TREES. 139 
The close access to harbors facilitates culture, while 
the expansive extent of geographical latitude on the 
east coast admits of choosing such spots asin each in- 
stance present the most favorable climatic conditions 
for the success of each special plantation. Beyond the 
coast ranges the country westward changes with aug- 
menting dryness generally at once into more open 
pastoral ground. SBasaltic downs and gentle verdant 
rises of eminent richness of herbage may alternately 
give way to Brigalow scrubs, or sandstone plateaux, 
or porphyritic or granitichills, and with the change of 
the geological formation a change, often very appa- 
rent, will take place alsoin the vegetation. Inland we 
will lose sight of the glossy, dense, umbrageous foliage, 
which now only borders a generally low coast in 
the north, terminating there frequently in mangroves. 
Strychnos nux vomica occurs among the coast-bushes 
here, and also an Antiaris (A. macrophylla); but 
whether the latter shares the deadly poison of the 
Upas-tree of Java and Sumatra requires to be ascer- 
tained. Tamarindus Indica isknown from Arnhems- 
land, and the French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in a 
spontaneous state from the north-west coast. Euca- 
lypts, again, form away from the sea-the prevailing 
timber, but with the exception of the Red Gum-tree 
(Eucalyptus rostrata), which lines most of the rivers 
of the whole of the Australian interior, the southern 
species are replaced by others, never of gigantic 
growth, insome instances adorned with brilliant scar- 
let or crimson blossoms. But neither these nor many 
distinct kinds of northern Acacias and Melaleucas 
stamp on the country the expression of peculiarity. 
Familiar Australian forms usually surround us, though 
