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East Gippsland. It attains to the size of a tree, with a com- 
paratively stout stem. 
181 . Xanthorrhoea Australis, R. Brown. 
GRASS-TREE. Natural Order— Liliacece. 
In some heathy tracts extremely abundant. Stem varying 
from a few feet to 10 feet in height, usually crooked, proportion- 
ately stout. The fragrant resin from this species, which is soluble 
in spirit, is of a deep amber colour, and is employed for staining 
wood to imitate cedar, for preparing varnishes, and as a source 
of picric acid. 
