EUCALYPTUS FOECUNDA. 



of King George's Sound. The abundance of the tree towards the town of York suggested its 

 vernacular name ; the very ascendant veins of the leaves gave rise to the specific appellation. 

 The stem is oftener crooked than straight. The bark is persistent and rough, peeling off only 

 from the extremities of the branches. The wood is remarkably tough, hence preferentially drawn 

 into use for wheelwrights' work ; even when dried it sinks in water. The foliage is comparatively 

 rich in oil, and if we consider the extensive frequency of the tree, should afford the material for 

 an important medicinal and technological article. In the recently issued West-Australian Forest 

 Report by the Hon. Malcolm Fraser, C.M.G., E. loxophleba is calculated to occupy 2,400 square- 

 miles as a timber-tree, while its shrubby state extends that area still further. East and west of 

 the broad silvan belt of E. loxophleba through the ranges occurs a forest girdle of E. redunca, the 

 one species replacing the other. The " Yandee " of the country towards the Lower Murchison- 

 River seems a form of E. loxophleba, unless it should be counted to the normal E. foecunda. 



Mr. Dubonlay ascertained, that a saccharine substance, similar to the Mellitose of E. viminalis, 

 drops from the York-Gum-tree. 



EXPLANATION OF ANALYTIC DETAILS. 1, an unexpanded flower, the lid lifted ; 2, longitudinal section of an 

 unexpauded flower ; 3, some of the outer stamens detached ; 4 and 5, back- and front-view of an anther with portion 

 of its filament ; 6, style and stigma ; 7, transverse section of two fruits ; 8, longitudinal section of a fruit ; 9 and 10, fertile 

 and sterile seeds; 11, portion of a leaf; all figures magnified, but to various extent. 



