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cent, in the fresh state, but much less after drying. This kino 

 tannin is not equal in value to the mimosa tannic acid from Acacia 

 bark, but it is useful as a subsidiary admixture when light-coloured 

 leather is not aimed at. As an astringent drug this kino is not with- 

 out importance. E. Leucoxylon has, next to E. rostrata, thriven best 

 about Lucknow (in India) among the species tried there for forest 

 culture. E. sideroxylon is a synonym. 



Eucalyptus longifolia, Link.* 



Extra-tropic East Australia. A tree, known as " Woolly Butt," 

 under favourable circumstances reaching to 200 feet in height, the 

 stem attaining a great girth. Mr. Reader asserts that there is not 

 extant a more useful timber. It stands well in any situation. 



Eucalyptus loxophleba, Bentham.* 



The York Gum-tree of extra-tropic West Australia. Attains a 

 height of about 100 feet and a stem 4 feet in diameter. The wood 

 is very tough, and preferably sought in West Australia for naves 

 and felloes of wheels. Even when dry it is heavier than water. 



Eucalyptus macrorrhyncha, F. v. Mueller. 



The common Stringy bark-tree of Victoria, extending also to New 

 South Wales. This tree attains a height of about 120 feet, and is 

 generally found growing an sterile ridges, not extending to the 

 higher mountains. The wood, which contains a good deal of kino, 

 is used for joists, keels of boats, fence-rails and rough building 

 purposes ; also extensively for fuel ; the fibrous dark-brown bark 

 serves for roofs of huts and also for tyeing. The wood proved in 

 our experiments here nearly as strong as that of E. Globulus and 

 of E. rostrata, and considerably stronger than that of E. obliqua. 



Eucalyptus maculata, Hooker. 



The Spotted Gum-tree of New South Wales and South Queens- 

 land. A tree up to 150 feet in height, the wood of which is 

 employed in ship-building, wheelwrights' and coopers' work. The 

 heart- wood is as strong as that of British oak (Dr. Woolls). 



Eucalyptus marginata, Smith.* 



The Jarrah or Mahogany Tree of South-west Australia, famed for 

 its indestructible wood, which is neither attached by chelura, nor 

 teredo, nor termites, and therefore so much sought for jetties and 

 other structures exposed to sea- water ; also for any underground 

 work, telegraph-poles, and largely exported for railway-sleepers. 

 Vessels built of this timber have been enabled to do away with all 

 copper-plating. For jetties the piles are used round, and they do 



