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Melaleuca curvifvlla one of the Tea trees. Found on the 

 coast of Victoria. 



Yield : 100 Ibs. fresh branchlets and leaves gave 5.90 fluid 

 Ounces. The taste of this oil is not disagreeable ; it closely re- 

 sembles that of cajuput: it has an amber color and an oily con- 

 sistency. Specific gravity 0.938 ; boiling point 364, the mer- 

 cury subsequently rising to 408 : relative illuminating power 

 1.031, kerosene = 1.000. A good solvent for resins. 



Melaleuca ericifolia, Smith- the common Tea tree of the 

 Colonists. Found in South Australia, Victoria, New South 

 Wales and Tasmania. 



Yield: 100 Ibs. of fresh branchlets and leaves, gave 5.00 

 fluid ounces ; a thin oil but not so mobile as the others : it 

 strongly resembles the oil of cajuput of commerce. Color, pale 

 yellow ; smell similar to cajuput, but somewhat less agreeable : 

 taste bitter and camphoraceous, followed by a cool sensation, like 

 that produced by peppermint, but the similarity to camphor is 

 less perceptible both in smell and taste than it is to cajuput. 

 Specific gravity 0.902 ; boiling point 300, the mercury rising to 

 362; relative illuminating power 1.017, kerosene = 1.000. An 

 excellent solvent for a variety of resinous substances. 



Melaleuca Wilson ii, one of the Tea-trees. Found in Victoria. 



Yield: 100 Ibs. of fresh branchlets and leaves, gave 4 fluid 

 ounces. This oil has a pale yellow color and a very diffusible- 

 and pungent taste : specific gravity 0.925 : relative illuminating 

 power 1.094, kerosene = 1.000. 



Melaleuca unclnata one of the Tea trees. This plant ranges 

 from Victoria across the Continent to Western Australia. 



Yield : 100 Ibs. fresh branchlets and leaves gave 1 .75 fluid 

 ounces: color of the oil green, in this respect exactly similar to 

 cajuput; in taste it resembles more the Eucalypti : smell similar 

 to that of cajuput, with an addition of peppermint. Specific- 

 gravity 0.920 = relative illuminating power 1.075, kerosene 

 = 1.000. 



MelaUuca genistifolia, Smith one of the Tea-trees. This 

 shrub is rare in Victoria, but is ftund in New South Wales,. 

 Queensland and North Australia. 



