208 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Eucalyptus Sieberiana, F. v. Mueller.* (E. virgata, Bontham not Sieber.) 



South-Eastern Australia. Vernacularly known as Mountain-ash in 

 Gippsland and New South Wales, and as Ironbark-tree or Gumtop 

 in Tasmania. In Gippsland it ascends to an altitude of 4,500 feet 

 [A. W. Howitt]. A straight-stemmed tree, quickly growing, reach- 

 ing 150 feet in height and 5 feet in stem-diameter. The wood is of 

 excellent quality, strong and elastic, hence used for ship- and boat- 

 building, implement-handles, staves of casks, cart-shafts, swingle- 

 trees, also for fencing and for general building purposes. Very 

 durable in mines. It splits freely and smoothly, and is easy to work. 

 It burns well, even when freshly cut. The kino is soluble in 

 water as well as in alcohol [J. H. Maiden]. Systematically the 

 species is very closely allied to E. hsemastoma, but much superior as 

 a timber-tree. Bears seeds already when quite young. Has done 

 well in the cool clime of the South of New Zealand [Th. Waugh]. 



Eucalyptus Staigeriana, F. v. Mueller.* 



The Lemon-scented Ironbark-tree. North-Queensland. A rattyer 

 small tree, allied to E. crebra. Wood reddish, twisted, durable. 

 Produces readily new shoots from the root [G. Wycliffe]. Foliage 

 delightfully fragrant, therefore available for the distillation of a 

 superior cosmetic oil, reminding in odor of that of Lippia, Andro- 

 pogon and Bergamotte, less of Lemon ; the perfume and flavor are 

 so excellent as to render this oil eligible for table-condiments ; Mr. 

 K. Staiger found the yield from dry leaves to be 2|^ per cent. Mr. 

 F. M. Bailey drew first public attention to this fine tree. 



Eucalyptus stellulata, Sieber. 



The Sallee. South-Eastern Australia. Bears considerable frost. 

 Not adapted for a hot clime. Trees occur up to 60 feet high with 7 

 to 8 feet stem-girth. The wood is esteemed for fuel. The kino is 

 darker in colour than that of the allied E. pauciflora [A. R. Craw- 

 ford]. 



Eucalyptus Stuartiana, F. v. Mueller. 



South-Eastern Australia. Known to the colonists as apple-scented 

 Gumtree. A medium-sized tree, with fibrous bark and drooping 

 branches ; foliage copious. Occurs on rather dry and sandy as well 

 as on humid soil. The wood is mostly used for fencing and for fuel. 

 According to our own observations here it is of nearly the same 

 strength as that of E. rostrata and E. globulus, and somewhat 

 stronger than that of E. amygdalina, and particularly E. obliqua. 

 This is one of the hardiest species, as first ascertained by Mr. T. 

 Waugh. Much liked for the frosty regions of the Transvaal [Edwin 

 Tidmarsh]. 



