95 



Thougli the beliaviour of lerp-amylmu to iodine and to water, and its insolubility in cupr-ammouia 

 distinguish it from cellulose, it is to be borne in mind that there arc forms or conditions of cellulose which 

 are blued by iodine and dissolve in water. (Fliickiger, in Watts' Did., vii, 2nd Suppl., 733.) 



Sec also a paper " On a new kind of manna from New South Wales," by 

 Th. Anderson {Joiirn. filr Prakt. Chemie, xlvii, 499); Edin. Neto Fhilosopli. 

 Jouni., July, 1819, reprinted in Papers- and Proc, P.S., V.D. Land, vol. i, 1851. 



• A modern analysis of Lerp is a desideratum. 



The Lerp described by Dobson is now Spondilaspls eucalypti, Dobsou. 

 Mr. W. W. Proggatt informs me that he has described two more species, viz , 

 (S*. (jrannlata on E. rohnsta and ♦S'. mannifera on E. gracilis [calycogona) and 

 E. dumosa. He is about to describe a fourth species. 



Exudation. — For analyses of the kinos of two malices belonging to this 

 species, collected by the Elder Exploring Expedition, see Trans. Boy. Soc. S.A., 

 vol. xvi, p. 7. 



Tiuiboi*. — This is not a timber tree, although its massive stock or "root" 

 is a common article of fuel. Its stem or stems are too small to be used as timber. 

 The sap-wood is white, and the remainder of the wood is brown, of one shade or 

 another. 



