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swamps, and lines also innumerable watercourses. It is seldom a 
large tree, but, on the contrary, generally small, though it may 
be seen occasionally 50 to 60 feet high. The wood is close- 
grained. In Tasmania it is used chiefly for turnery. It yielded 
on experiment — charcoal, about 28 per cent.; crude wood vinegar, 
46 per cent.; and tar, 7 per cent. The friable lamellar bark can 
be converted into an excellent blotting, perhaps also filtering 
paper ; 100 lbs. of leaves and smaller branches gave by distillation 
5 ozs. of an essential oil, resembling that of cajuput, from M. 
leucodendron. The material in enormous quantities is obtainable 
in most parts of the colony. A ton of dry wood yields about 16 
lbs. of crude potash, equal to 4^2 lbs. chemically pure potash. 
(F. v. Mueller.) 
143. Melaleuca parviflora, Lindley. 
( M. curvifolia , Sc/il.; M. Preissiana , Schauer .) 
Observed along the coast-tracks, particularly on sand, and 
also in the sub-saline desert parts of Victoria. A small or 
middle-sized tree. Specific gravity of wood, 0*993 ; 100 lbs. of 
the leaves and branchlets of this species yielded about 6 ozs. of 
an essential oil, resembling that of cajuput very closely. The 
material is largely obtainable in the Murray desert and also on 
the coast. ( Jkirors ’ Report , 1861, page 40.) Weight of a cubic 
foot of dry wood, about 62 lbs. The wood is heavy, white, close- 
grained, and durable. 
144- Melaleuca squarrosa, Smith. 
Moist heaths and marshes, not rare. A tree developed in 
morassy forest glens to the height of 80 feet, the stem attaining 
then a diameter of 2 to 3 feet, usually, however, shrubby, the 
bark consisting of innumerable friable papyraceous layers. 
145. Monotoca elliptica, R. Brown. 
Natural Order — Epacridece. ( Styphelia ellipticce , Sm.) 
In heathy coast tracks not rare. Never of large size. Wood 
useful for tools, particularly for planes and mallets ; works well, 
and is indeed superior to English beech for such purposes. 
(Extracts from Jurors 1 Report , London Ex., 1862.) 
