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are of shrubby habit, but several grow into fair-sized trees and 

 produce timber of great industrial value. One of the most 

 important in this respect is A. melanoxylon R.Br., which 

 furnishes the " Blackwood " and " Lightwood " of timber-getters. 

 The Bipinnatce include some of the most beautiful flowering 

 species of Acacia in Australia, and one, A. decurrens Willd., 

 yields the best tanning bark in the State. Of the four species of 

 Pithecolobium, one, P. pruinomm Benth., has long been under 

 cultivation, and the others deserve similar attention. The 

 stamens of P. grandiflorum Benth., are long and of a rich crimson 

 colour. The most useful fruit-producing plants of Rosacea^ are 

 the four indigenous species of Pubus. They are common in 

 places, and their ripe fruit is often eaten fresh, and sometimes 

 made into preserves. Saxifrageca are fairly well represented 

 over a great part of this region. They consist of trees and 

 shrubs, some of which are of a highly ornamental character, one 

 of the rarest being Davidsonia pruriens F.v.M., var. jerseyarta. 

 The Order Myrtacece, either in an arboreal, sub arboreal or 

 shrubby state is common. Some of the immense forests are 

 largely composed of Myrtaceous trees, of which the most import- 

 ant are species of Eucalyptus. No less than twenty-five species, 

 besides several well-marked varieties, of this genus occur, and 

 these furnish some of the best hardwood in Australia. Very 

 valuable timber trees are included in other allied genera, notably 

 Tristania and Syncarpia. The shrubs of this Order are fairly 

 numerous, some of them producing showy flowers of various hues. 

 Different species of Eugenia, when in fruit, have a pretty effect 

 in some of the brushes. The indigenous Passiflorece consist of 

 only two species but two exotics have become acclimatised, one, 

 Passiflora edulis Sims, producing quantities of good edible fruit. 

 Ciicurbitaceai include several interesting prostrate or climbing 

 plants, one of which, Trichosanthes palmata Roxb., climbs to the 

 tops of the tallest trees in the forests and has a nearly globular 

 fruit about nine inches in circumference. The Umbelliferce are 

 rather numerous as regards species and are widely distributed. 

 The most popular species of this Order from a horticultural 



