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ble ; much used in the construction of bridges ; also, 

 of wagons, piles, fencing, etc. E. melanqphloia (F. v. 

 M.), the silver-leaved iroji-bark tree, and U. leptoph- 

 leba, E. trachyphMa and E. drepanphylla are closely 

 allied species of similar value. They all exude as- 

 tringent gum-resin in considerable quantity, resem- 

 bling kino in appearance and property. 



Eucalyptus doeatoxylon (F. v. Mueller). — The 

 spear-wood of South-west Australia, where it occurs 

 in sterile districts. The stem is slender and remark- 

 ably straight, and the wood of such firmness and elas- 

 ticity that the nomadic natives wander long distances 

 to obtain it as material for their spears. 



Eucalyptus eugenioides (Sieber). — New South 

 Wales. Regarded by the Bev. Dr. Woolls as a fully 

 distinct species. Itsisplendid wood, there, often call- 

 ed Blue Gum-tree wood, available for many purposes, 

 and largely utilized for ship-building. 



Eucalyptus Gunnii (J. Hooker). — Victoria, Tas- 

 mania and New South Wales, at alpine and subalpine 

 elevations. The other more hardy Eucalyptis com- 

 prise E. coriacea, E. alpina, E. umigera, E. cocdf&'a, 

 and E. vernicosa, which all reach heights covered 

 with snow for several months in the year. 



Eucalyptus paniculata (Smith) The White 



Iron-bark tree of New South Wales. All the trees 

 of this series are deserving of cultivation, as theii 

 wood, though always excellent, is far from alike, and 

 that of each species preferred for special purposes ol 

 the artisans. 



Eucalyptus phcenicea, (F. v. MuUer) Carpen- 

 taria and Arnheim's Land. Of the quality of the tim- 

 ber hardly- anything is known, but the brilliancy of 



