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tree in West Australia which yields copiously the fluid and indu- 

 rating Eucalyptus kino ; this is soluble to the extent of 70 to 80 

 per cent, in cold water. This species will only endure a slight 

 frost. 



Eucalyptus capitellata, Smith. 



One of the Stringybark-trees of South-East Australia, attaining 

 occasionally a height of 200 feet. The timber is principally used 

 for fence-rails, shingles, and rough building purposes. This species 

 might with advantage be raised on wet sand-lands. 



Eucalyptus citriodora, Hooker. 



Queensland. A handsome slender tree with a smooth white bark, 

 supplying a useful timber. According to notes of the late Mr. 

 Thozet, a trunk 40 feet long and 20 inches in diameter broke after 

 a flection of 17 inches under a pressure of 49 tons. It combines 

 with the ordinary qualities of many Eucalypts the advantage of 

 yielding from its leaves a rather large supply of volatile oil of 

 excellent lemon-like fragrance, in which respect it has, among 

 about 150 species of Eucalypts, only one rival. Yery closely allied 

 to E. maculata, and perhaps only a variety. 



Eucalyptus cornuta, Labillardiere.* 



The Yate-tree of South-West Australia. A large tree of rapid 

 growth, preferring a somewhat humid soil. The wood is used for 

 various artizans' work, and there preferred for the strongest shafts 

 and frames of carts and other work requiring hardness, toughness 

 and elasticity, and is considered equal to the best ash-wood. The 

 tree appears to be well adapted for tropical countries, for Dr. 

 Bonavia reports that it attained a height of 8 to 10 feet in the first 

 year of its growth at Lucknow, and that the plants did not suffer 

 in the rainy season like many other Eucalypts. The dry wood 

 sinks in water. E. occidentalis (Endlioher) is the flat-topped Yate, 

 an allied and equally valuable species of South- West Australia. 



Eucalyptus corymbosa, Smith. 



The Bloodwood-tree of New South Wales and Queensland. A tree 

 attaining large dimensions ; it has a rough furrowed bark and a 

 dark-red wood, soft when green, but very hard when dry ; very 

 durable underground, and therefore extensively used for fence- 

 posts, rails, railway-sleepers, and rough building purposes (Hart- 

 mann). The bark is rich in kino. 



Eucalyptus corynocalyx, F. v. Mueller. 



South- Australia, North-West Yictoria. The Sugar Gum-tree. A 

 timber-tree, attaining a height of 120 feet, length of bole 60 feet, 



