492 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



of New South Wales is that of F. xanihoxylay The McUas are 

 cultivated in our gardens, and in our hothovises some species of 

 TrichiUa., Guarca, Cedrda, and Stvietcnia, all remarkable for the 

 elegance of their divided foliage. Carapa guianensis flowers here 

 sometimes. The leaves are remarkable in their youth for the pro- 

 duction of a sweetish substance, secreted by glands whose existence 

 is temporary." Those of Ekcbergia coiwallariceodora^ a species fi'om 

 Madagascar, has in fact the very pleasant odour of the lily of the 

 valley. 



1 F. OxUyana F. Muell. Fragm. 1, 05 ; iii. of F. Fournieri (Panch. et See. Bois N.-Cahd. 



25.— Benth. Fl. Austral, i. 389, n. Z.— Oxkya 238), a species of douttful autonomy [Mmmie). 



zanthoxyla A. Cunn. Jlooh. Bot. Misc. i. 246, t. ° On the dcTelopraent of these leaves, see H. 



64. — EosENTH. op. cit. 170. Mentioned also 'Bs. Bull. Soc. Linn. Par. 2-1. 



as useful woods are : that of F. Schottiatta F. ^ H. Bn. Adansonia, xi. 263. 

 Muell. in Australia, and in New Caledonia that 



