EUCALYPTITS CALOPHYLLA. 



naturally grows through regions with a mUd and equable clime, and the W.A. Forest-Eeport 

 significantly says "to live in a Red Grum-tree-Forest is to be healthy!" 



The wood of E. calophylla is tough and therefore drawn into use for naves, spokes, harrows, 

 ploughs, shafts, handles ; it is also available for frames, rails and various building operations, 

 but cannot be utilized for underground work, being subject to gradual decay when so placed. It 

 is generally more free from Kino-substance when grown on alluvial soil ; its bearing strength is 

 not equal to that of E. loxophleba. 



E. calophylla has only one near ally, namely E. ficifolia ; the distinctions are set forth in the 

 text of the latter species. 



Dr. Robert Brown, when as companion of Captain Flinders he visited in 1802 the S. 

 coast of Australia, bestowed the specific name on this tree seemingly for a double reason, because 

 the foliage is more beautiftil than that of many other Eucalypts, and also because the venation of 

 the leaves reminds of that of the tropical genus Calophyllum in the plants-order of Guttiferse. 



Kino-liquid, of treacle-consistence, is obtained in considerable quantity by tapping the tree ; 

 it is caught in casks as material for tanning and dyeing purposes, and fetches from £20 to £25 

 per ton in the London-Market. This liquid indurates, and can like the dry Kino of this and other 

 Eucalypts be used also medicinally ; thus a gargle of this Kino affords quick relief in some throat- 

 affections ; it acts beneficially also in diarrhoea ; powdered Eucalyptus-Kino, used for dressing 

 ulcers and sloughing wounds, produces no pain, but induces a rapid healing process. 



Only quite recently it came under the author's cognizance, that Dr. Andrew Ross of Molong 

 was foremost to draw attention to the healing value of Eucalyptus-foliage, he having as far back 

 as Dec. 1864 in a case of an Aboriginal observed the marvellous success following the treatment of 

 a gaping abdominal spear-wound, from which the bowels protruded, ichorous serum oozed out and 

 much swelling arose, by the mere application of the young foliage of Eucalyptus rostrata and 

 B. melliodora ; the conjux of the native steeped for this purpose the leaves in hot water, the 

 ' application being frequently renewed ; under this sole treatment the wound closed in six days. 

 This remarkable case was brought by Dr. Ross under notice through the daily press at the time, 

 and reported by him in the Medical Gazette of Sydney in 1870. 



Explanation of Analytic Details. — 1, an imexpanded flower, the lid lifted; 2, longitudinal section of an unex- 

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

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

 sterile seeds ; 11, embryo ; 12, cotyledons unfolded ; 13, transverse section of an embryo ; 14, portion of a leaf. Fig. 1-6 

 and 11-14, variously magnified ; 7-10, natural size. 



