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resembles there in habit the E. amygdalina var. regnans of South - 

 Eastern Australia. Proved well adapted for the mountains of 

 Ceylon, and Professor Bourlier mentions it as one of the best at 

 Algiers 



Eucalyptus Doratoxylon, F. v. Mueller. 



The Spearwood-tree of South- Western Australia, where it occurs 

 in sterile districts. The stem is slender and remarkably straight, 

 and the wood of such firmness and elasticity, that the nomadic 

 natives wander long distances to obtain it as a material for their 

 spears. It is not a large tree. 



Eucalyptus eug-enioides, Sieber. 



One of the Stringybark-trees of Victoria and New South Wales. 

 The tree is abundant in some localities, and attains considerable 

 dimensions. Its useful fissile wood is employed for fencing and 

 building purposes. Systematically the species is closely allied to 

 E. piperita. Rails used for 40 years could be re-used in new posts 

 [A. B. Crawford]. Kino soluble in water as well as in alcohol 

 [J. H. Maiden]. ~ 



Eucalyptus ficifolia, F. v. Mueller.* 



South- Western Australia. Although not a tree of large dimen- 

 sions, this splendid species should be mentioned for the sake of its 

 magnificent trusses of crimson flowers, irrespective of its claims as 

 a shady, heat-resisting avenue-tree, not standing in need of watering. 

 It bears a close resemblance to E. calophylla. .,-- 



Eucalyptus globulus, La Billardiere.* 



The Blue Gumtree of Victoria and Tasmania ; very rare in New 

 South Wales, extending however naturally to New England ; famed 

 all over the world, and, with many other species, in most places 

 first introduced directly or indirectly by the writer of this work, 

 at the Mediterranean Sea nearly 40 years ago, there by the aid of 

 Mons. Prosper Rainel. The tree is, among evergreen trees, of 

 unparalleled rapid growth, and attains exceptionally a height of 

 300 feet, furnishing a first-class wood. Ship-builders can get keels 

 of this timber 120 feet long ; besides this, they use it extensively 

 for planking and many other parts of -the ship. Experiments on 

 the strength of various woods, instituted by Mr. Luehmann and the 

 author, proved the wood of the Blue Grumtree in average of eleven 

 tests to be about equal to the best English oak, American white 

 oak and American ash. The best samples indeed carried as great 

 a weight as hickory in transverse strain, the ordinary kind about 

 as much as that of Eucalyptus rostrata, and more than that of E. 

 macrorrhyncha, E. Grunnii, E. Stuartiana and E. goniocalyx, but 

 did not quite come up to the strength of E. melliodora, E. polyan- 

 thenia, E. siderophloia and E. Leucoxylon. Bluegum-wood is also 



