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Arum.— SNAKE LILY. (Natural Order, Aroideje.) 

 Pp. 30, 35, 188. — An ornamental plant with very acrid 

 leaves and roots. 



Ash.— FRAXINUS. (Natural Order, Jasmines.) Pp. 

 25, 29, 54, 194. — A deciduous tree, with very tough and 

 elastic wood, which is largely used for hoops, oars, coach- 

 building, tool handles, agricultural implements, etc. 

 Fraxinus Ornns (Manna ash) yields the Manna sold by 

 druggists. Some of the Australian Gum-trees, particularly 

 Eucalyptus vimi?ialis, emit from their leaves a sweet and pala- 

 table substance called Manna (Melitose), said to be exuded 

 by small insects which feed upon the juices of the leaves. 



Australian Bottle - Tree. — STERCULIA (BRACHY- 

 CHITON). (Natural Order, STERCULiACEiE.) Pp. 53, 193. 

 — The generic name of this tree is less known than its 

 common name of Bottle-tree, given to Sterculia diversifolia 

 and Sterculia rupestris on account of the peculiar shape of 

 their swollen trunks. The bark, when macerated in water, 

 produces a lace-like bast, which has been converted into 

 ropes, cordage, and coarse paper. The Victorian Bottle- 

 tree (Sterculia diversifolia) is well known by the aboriginal 

 name of ' Kurrajong ' in East Gippsland. The natives 

 manufacture fishing lines and nets from the bark. A sweet, 

 gummy, edible substance exists between the inner bark and 

 the wood. In New South Wales it is generally known as 

 the ' Kurrajong tree,' where it is often felled for stock when 

 pastures fail, and is therefore valuable as a fodder plant. 

 At the Kurrajong Mountains in New South Wales it is 

 called the ' Rattle-trap tree,' on account of the loud rattling 

 noise made by the long racemes of hard woody seeds, 

 capsules, or pods being brought into contact when shaken 



