EUCALYPTUS TKEES. l?! 



ly different in its wood) are absolutely confined the 

 Anonacese, Laurinese, Monimiese, Meliacete, Rubi- 

 acese, Myrsinese, Sapotese, Ebenacese, and Anacardiese, 

 together with the Baccate Myrtacese, and nearly all 

 the trees of Euphorbiacse, Rutaceae, Apocynese, Celas- 

 trineae, SapindacesB, which, while often outnumbering 

 the interspersed Eucalypts, seem to transfer the ob- 

 server to Indian regions. None in the multitude of 

 trees of these orders, with exception of our tonic-aro- 

 matic Sassafras-tree (Atherospermum moschatum)and 

 Hedycarpa Cunningham!, which supplies to the na- 

 tives the friction-wood for igniting, transgress in the 

 south the meridians of Gipps Land. Palms cease also 

 there to exist, but their number increases northward 

 along the east coast, while in Victoria these noble 

 plants have their only representative in the tall-cab- 

 bage or Fan - palm of the Snowy River — that Palm 

 which, with the equally hardy Areca sapida of New 

 Zealand, ought to be established wherever the Date is 

 planted for embellishment. Rotang Palms (Calami 

 of several species) render some of the northern thick- 

 ets almost inapproachable, while there, also, on a few 

 spots of thecoastj the Cocoanut-tree occurs spontane- 

 ously. A few peculiar Palms occur in the Cassowary 

 country, near Cape York, and others around the Gulf of 

 Carpentaria, as far west as Arnhemsland. The tallest 

 of all, the lofty Alexandra Palm (Ptychosperma Alex- 

 drse), extends southward to the tropic of Capricorn, 

 and elevates its majestic crown widely beyond the or- 

 dinary trees of the jungle. The products of these en- 

 tire forests is as varied as the vegetation which con- 

 stitutes them. As yet, however, their treasures have 

 been but scantily subjected to the test of the physi- 



