182 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



branch, in West-Australia, where it is vernacularly known as 

 Morrell. The wood is remarkably hard, splits freely, and is used 

 for spars, rafters, fence-rails, wheelwrights' work and agricultural 

 implements. * Is is of a red tinge, and sinks in water, even when 

 dry. 1,000 Ibs. of fresh foliage gave, in distillation, 62 oz. of oil 

 [Nitschke]. Of other Mallees E. gracilis gave 54 oz. ; E. uncinata, 

 69 oz. ; E. incrassata, 112 oz. At Mr. Bosisto's great factory in 

 the mallee- scrub, where all four species are mixedly used, 30 tons 

 of foliage come into distillation every week for 10 months in the 

 year, the development of oil during autumn considerably diminish- 

 ing. The average yield is about 1 per cent. 

 Eucalyptus paniculata, Smith. 



The Bed Ironbark-tree of New South Wales. This species has 

 particularly well thriven in the coast tracts of Natal. [J. M. 

 W^ood] ; it furnishes a hard durable wood, excellent for railway 

 sleepers. It is also much used for building and fencing, as it is 

 lasting underground. All the trees of this series are deserving of 

 cultivation, as their wood, though always excellent, is far from 

 alike, and that of each species preferred for special purposes of the 

 artisan. A variety from the deserts is so marked, that it received 

 the name E. fasciculosa, and may for xylologic distinctions be very 

 well kept apart. 

 ZSucalyptus patens, Bentham. 



The " Black-butt " of South- Western Australia. Attains a 

 height of 120 feet, and a stem-diameter of 6 feet. The timber is 

 so tough as not to yield to ordinary splitting processes, therefore 

 useful for various wheelwrights' work ; it has proved also durable 

 underground. 

 ZSucalyptus pauciflora, Sieber. (E. coriacea, A. Cunningham.) 



Vernacularly known as White gumtree, Drooping gumtree or 

 Swamp-gumtree. New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania. A tree 

 of handsome appearance, with a smooth white bark and generally 

 drooping foliage ; it attains considerable dimensions, grows best in 

 moist ground, ascends to alpine elevations, and thus is one of the 

 hardiest of all its congeners. Even small seedlings are not injured by 

 the winters of Arran : grew there 20 feet in seven years [Rev. D. 

 Landsborough] . It shows a preference for basaltic soil. Horses, 

 cattle and sheep browse readily on the foliage. It is locally a 

 " stand-by " in bad pastoral seasons. Its timber is used for 

 ordinary building and fencing purposes. For quickly producing 

 fuel one of the best of trees [A. R. Crawford]. Also a rich yielder 

 of Kino, which is soluble in water as well as in alcohol. 



Eucalyptus phcenicea, F. v. Mueller. 



Carpentaria and Arnhem's Land. Of the quality of the timber 

 hardly anything is known, but the brilliancy of its scarlet flowers 

 recommends this species for a place in any park-plantation of 

 countries with a serene clime. 



