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EUCALYPTS or GUM-TREES. 
(Natural Order — Myrlacece.) 
77 . Eucalyptus amygdalina, Labillardiere. 
One of the Peppermint trees and Mountain Ash of the Dande- 
nong Ranges. Giant Gum-tree. 
In forest country of the southern and eastern parts of the 
colony, always interspersed with other trees. A tree attaining 
colossal size in deep ravines, and of middle size in more open 
places. This tree may be the tallest on the globe, perhaps only 
rivalled by the Wellingtonia giganiea (Sequoia Wellingto?iia) 
of California. It has been measured repeatedly 420 feet, and 
towards the sources of the Yarra it is said to attain a still greater 
height. The wood is fissile, well adapted for shingles, rails, 
house-building, for the keelson and planking of ships, and other 
purposes. It is hard, close-grained timber. The inner bark is 
adapted for the preparation of all kinds of coarser paper. This 
species contains more oil in its foliage than any of its congeners ; 
1000 lbs. of fresh-gathered leaves, with their small branchlets, 
yield about 500 ozs. of oil by distillation. It is rubefacient, 
disinfectant, and employed externally in rheumatic and other 
affections. It is extensively used in various manufactures, chiefly 
for perfumery, soaps, etc. Kino from this species is largely avail- 
able. (Mueller, Bosisto.) The gigantic state of the tree passes 
also as a Mountain Ash. 
78 . Eucalyptus Behriana, F. v. Mueller. 
(Sect. Rhyiiphloice.) 
Found in the Mallee scrub, and also towards the Avoca. A 
tall shrub, or small tree. 
79- Eucalyptus botryoides, Smith . 
The BLUE-GUM of New South Wales, or BASTARD 
MAHOGANY of Gippsland. (Sect. Rhytiphlcice.') 
East Gippsland, delighting in river banks. A tall, handsome 
tree, remarkable for its dark-green foliage. The stems, which 
have a rough, furrowed, persistent bark, attain a height of 80 feet 
without a branch, and a diameter of 8 feet. The timber, usually 
