BUCALYPTUS TREES. 493 
album, Pers., H. diversidens, Fries, H. auriscalpium, 
Linné, H. subsquamosum, Batsch, H. levigatum, 
Sw., H. violascens, Alb., H. infundibulum, Sw., H. 
fuligineo album, Schm., H. graveolens, Brot., H. 
Caput Meduse, Nees, H. Hystrix, Fries. These and 
other edible fungi are given on the authority of Ro- 
senthal’s valuable work. 
Hymenea Courbaril, Linné.—Tropical and southern 
sub-tropical America. A tree of colossal size and re- 
markable longevity. Timber hard, extremely pon- 
derous, close - grained, used for select wheel - work, 
tree-nails, beams and planks in various machinery. 
A fragrant, amber-like resin, known as West India 
Copal, exudes from the stem. The beans of the pod 
are lodged in a mealy pulp of honey-like taste, which 
can be used for food. The possibility of the adapta- 
bility of this remarkable tree to the warmer parts of 
Victoria needs to be ascertained. 
Ilex Cassine, Linné.—Southern States of North 
America. <A tea-bush, to which also remarkable me- 
dicinal properties are ascribed. 
Ipomeea Batatilla, G. Don.—Cooler regions of Ven- 
ezuela. The tubers serve as sweet potatoes. Simi- 
larly useful I. platanifolia, Roem. and Schult, from 
Central America, and I. mammosa, Choisy, from Am- 
bonia. 
Juglans cordiformis, Maximowicz.—Japan. This 
species approaches, in many respects, J. Sieboldiana. 
Juglans Mandschurica, Maximowicz. —Corea and 
Mandschurica. This walnut is allied to J. cinerea of 
North America. 
Juglans Sieboldiana, Maximowicz. — Throughout 
Japan, where it forms a large tree, 
