PRINCIPAL SPECIES OF EUCALYPTS GROWN IN AMERICA. 67 
Australia. The trunk is straight, and its grayish, tan-colored bark is 
rough and persistent. (Pl. XXX.) The bark of the branches flakes 
off, leaving them smooth. The twigs are red or yellowish. The leaves 
are long (hence the specific name /ong/fol/a) and sickle-shaped, the two 
surfaces being equally green. The bloom is abundant, and is present 
on the tree several months of the year. The seed cases are bell-shaped 
and somewhat angular, usually growing in threes. They are about | 
one-half an inch long. 
Climatic requirements.—The Woolly Butt thrives near the coast, 
but does not endure the dry heat of some of the interior valleys. 
Uses.—The timber is durable, but is not so strong and elastic as that 
of many of the Euvcalypts. It is used for posts, for ties, for street 
paving, and for quite a variety of similar purposes. On account of 
the profuse bloom it furnishes nectar for bees, often at a time of the 
year when other sources are wanting. 
Eucalyptus macrorhyncha. 
VicTORIA STRINGY-BARK. 
Characteristics.—This tree is said to attain a fair height in Australia, 
but the specimens growing in the Southwest do not yet give promise 
of attaining great size, due probably to being planted at too low an 
elevation. The tree has not proved to be a very symmetrical one. 
The bark of the trunk and branches is thick, fibrous, and persistent, 
usually a dark-gray color. The leaves of the young seedlings are 
broad and oppositely placed, the young growth being covered with 
short, stiff hair. The leaves of the older trees are thick and leathery, 
being commonly lance-shaped or somewhat sickle-shaped. The flowers 
are about medium size, on slender stalks, in clusters of 4 to 10. The 
covers of the flower buds are quite distinctly conical or long-pointed. 
The seed cases when fully matured are nearly spherical, with a prom- 
inent rim and protruding valves. (See Pl. LXVI.) 
Climatic requrements.—This species thrives at the coast, and is said 
to grow in Australia on comparatively sterile mountain ranges. It is 
in Australia essentially a mountain species, seldom growing on the 
plains. It will not endure dry, hot climates. 
Uses.—The bark of the tree being rough and fibrous, it is used exten- 
sively in Australia for roofing sheds, stables, and other outbuildings. 
Baron von Mueller states that for these purposes it will last for about 
twenty years. ‘The fibers are also sometimes used for strings. The 
tree furnishes a wood that is hard and durable and easily split. It 
is useful for lumber, for fencing, and for shingles and fuel. The 
tree 1s a promising one for a forest cover for mountain ranges of the 
Southwest. 
