274 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



regarded as almost imperishable underground, and resists the 

 attacks of termites. It is well adapted for posts, wharf-piles, ship- 

 building and various artisan's work. The foliage yields the well- 

 known Cajaput-oil, so closely akin to Eucalyptus-oil. Mr. K. 

 Staiger obtained on distilling the leaves as much as 2 per cent, of 

 oil. The allied Callistemons (C. salignus, D.C., 60 feet high, C. 

 lanceolatus, D.C., 40 feet) produce a hard, heavy, close-grained 

 wood, suitable for wheelwrights' work and implements, proving 

 very durable underground [W. Hill]. 



Melaleuca linarifolia, Smith. 



Eastern Australia. A tree, attaining finally a considerable 

 height, deserving attention as eligible for wet saline land, on which 

 it can be raised much more easily than Myoporum insulare. M. 

 Thozet observes, that it occurs in places, where it is bathed by the 

 tides ; also that large saplings without roots can be transplanted. 

 Thus it may be destined to aid, with several of its cong'eners and 

 with Salicornias, Avicennias, yEgiceras, Batis, Suaedas and some 

 other plants, to reclaim low muddy shore-lands from sea-floods. 

 Foliage extremely rich in volatile antiseptic oil. M. squarrosa 

 (Smith) of South-Eastern Australia, can be grown in fresh- water 

 swamps, also to subdue miasmata. It attains exceptionally the 

 height of 60 feet, with a stem two feet in diameter. 



Melaleuca parviflora, Lindley. 



Extra-tropical Australia. A tall bush or small tree. In mild 

 climes one of the most important plants for fixing moving coast- 

 sands. 



Melaleuca styphelioides, Smith. 



East- Australia. Height of tree reaching about 60 feet ; stem- 

 diameter 2J feet. The timber is hard, close-grained, and stands 

 well in damp situations. It is said, that the timber has never 

 been known to decay [Queensland Exhibition, 1878]. Tree adapted 

 for swamps. 



Melanorrhoea usitata, Wallich. 



The Varnish-tree of Burmah, Munnipore and Tenasserim. 

 Possibly hardy in forest- valleys free of frost, as it ascends to 3,000 

 feet elevation. The hardened sap is used for a highly prized black 

 varnish. 



IVXelia Azadirachta, Linne. (Azadirachta Indica, Jussieu). 



From Persia to China, ascending the Himalayas to 5,000 feet. 

 The " Neem-tree," attains a height of 50 feet, much planted on 

 promenades. Grew in Natal 20 feet in 5 years [J. M. Wood]. The 

 powerful medicinal properties not unlike those of M. Azedarach. 

 Furniture from its wood not attacked by insects. Leaves simply 

 pinnate, the fresh ones issuing before the older drop. 



