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haemastoma. Smith; 28. E. hemiphloia, F. v. M. ; 29. E. Kirtoniana, F, v. M.; 

 30. E. Leucoxylon, F. v. M.; 31.-5/. longifolia. Link and Otto; 32. E. macran- 

 dra, F. v. M. ; 33. E. Macarthuri, Deane and Maiden ; 34. E. 7nacrocarpa, 

 Hook. ; 35. E. macrorrhyncha, F. v. M. ; 36. E. inaculata. Hook. ; 37. E. 

 Maideni, F. v. M.; 38. E. marginata, Smith; 39. E. melanopkloia, F. v. M. ; 

 40. E. fmlliodora, A. Cunn. ; 41. E. microcorys, F. v. M. ; 42. E. miniata, Ciinn. ; 

 43. E. Mueller tana, Howett; 44. E. ohcordata, Turcz.; 45. E. obliqua, L'Herit. ; 

 [E. obtimfolia, DC, see 74. E. virgata, Sieb.]; 4G. E. occidentalis, Endlicher; 

 47. E. paniculata. Smith; 48. E. patentinervis, R. T. Baker; [E. pauciflora, 

 Sieb., see 12. E. coriacea, A. Cunn.]; 49, E. piUdaris, Smith; 50. E. piperita, 

 Smith ; b\. E. Planchoniana, F. v. M. ; [E. Platypus, Hook., see 44. E. ohcordata, 

 Turcz.] ; 52. E. ptychocarpa, F. v. M. ; 53. E. pulverulenta, Sims. ; 54. E. 

 punctata, DC. ; 55. E. redunca, Schauer ; 56. E. regnans, F. v. M. ; 57. E. 

 resinifera. Smith ; 58. E. rohusfu, Smith ; 59. E. rostrata, Schlecht ; 60. E. 

 ruhida, Deane and Maiden ; 61. E. rudis, Endl. ; 62. E. saligna, Smith ; 

 63. E. siderophloia, Benth. ; 64. E. Sideroxylon, A. Cunn. ; 65. E. Sieberiana, 

 F. V. M. ; 66. E. Smithii, R. T. Baker; 67. E. stellulata, Sieb. ; [E. stricta, Sieb., 

 see 74. E. virgata, Sieb.]; 68. E. Stuartiana, F. v. M. ; 69. E. tereticornis. 

 Smith; 70. E. trachijphloia, F. v. M.; 71. E. umbra, R. T. Baker; 72. E. 

 urnigera, Hook. f. ; 73. E. viminalis, Labill. ; 74. E. virgata, Sieb. 



1. Eucalyptus acmenoides, Schauer. White mahogany. 



A fairly tall straight-growing tree with drooping rather bushy foliage. 

 Bark persistent, fibrous. Wood strong, tough and durable, used for posts, 

 piles, building, &c. ; posts are said to have lasted over fifty years in Australia. 

 Indigenous in eastern New South Wales and Queensland, growing well on well- 

 drained sterile hills. There are a few specimens in the Nilgiris. Mr. R. Bourne 

 gives the following: (1) CoonoorPeak; (2) below Cluny Hall; (3) St. Thomas's 

 churchyard. It is being experimented with further as a plantation tree 

 and has done well so far. It has not attained a large size in the Nilgiris. 

 It is being tried on the plains of northern India, but appears unlikely to 

 thrive. 



2. Eucalyptus alpina, Lindl. 



A shrubby rare alpine species found on Movmt William, Victoria, at an 

 elevation of over 4,000 ft. Very slow-growing and of dwarf habit. Has recently 

 been tried on the plains of northern India, but is most unlikely to succeed. 

 A curiosity and not a species of commercial importance. 



3. Eucalyptus amygdalina, Labill., including E. regnans, F. v. M. Giant 

 gum, peppermint gum. 



Maiden separates the two species, but they are here considered together 

 because it is not yet certain to which belong the trees grown under the name 

 of E. amygdalina in India. In its native home E. regnans is the largest of the 

 eucalypts, trees over 400 ft. high having been recorded (F. v. Mueller). The 

 stem is tall, straight and clean, with smooth almost white bark, and the foliage 

 feathery and handsome. New South Wales, Victoria (eastern humid districts), 

 and Tasmania, up to 4,000 ft. It attains its largest dimensions in well-watered 

 ravines of the cooler ranges; in open country and on ridges it is a much 

 smaller tree. Wood fairly light, floating in water, unlike that of most eucalypts, 

 not very durable underground, but used for shingles, planking, and palings. 



