So EUCALYPTUS. 



Specimens of Eucalyptus longifolia may be seen at 

 Claremont, also opposite the Throop Polytechnic and next 

 to a church, Pasadena, and in the City Park, Nevada ave- 

 nue, Santa Monica. 



Eucalyptus Sideroxyfon and Eucalyptus Leucoxyfon, 



These two have been ranked as one species by Von 

 Mueller and Bentham, but seem to warrant separation. 



Eucalyptus sideroxylon is a great tree for our dry inte- 

 rior valleys. It is a handsome tree at Scharff's and Shortings, 

 and at Santa Monica, w r ith blue grey foliage and scarlet 

 flowers. In South Australia the smooth barked Eucalyptus 

 leucoxylon is amongst the most successful in the trying 

 interior forest stations of that colony. The flowers of both 

 these species vary in color, from pale yellow to flesh pink, 

 and, as we may note in the specimen cited, they some- 

 times tend to red. They vary also in the persistence of the 

 bark. As the common white gum in the open country 

 most of the bark peels off, while as the Iron bark on the 

 stony ridges the bark is persistent, of dark color, and 

 deeply fissured. Some specimens w r ere introduced here long 

 ago as Eucalyptus sideroxylon, or Iron wood. 



These two species or two varieties of leucoxylon, the 

 one usually branching into several stems or branches near 

 the ground, with grey smooth bark, pink or white flowers 

 and pale colored wood; and the other (sideroxylon) single 

 stemmed and stocky in growth, with generally red flowers, 

 dark rough red bark, and red wood seem to deserve specific 

 rank in each case. Besides these points Prof. Maiden has 

 noted the marked difference of the kino from these trees. 



