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for coacli-building. An eminent coach-builder informed me that “ it is the grandest 
Australian timber for coach-building.” It is undoubtedly excellent for bodies, and 
a good all-round timber. 
ExildatioilS. —When the bark of a Coach Wood is wounded there exudes 
from it a small quantity of a tough, red, astringent gum, which has a powerful 
odour, from the large percentage of Coumarin it contains, which is far higher than 
in the bark; but it is too small in quantity to be of commercial importance. 
Observations are going forward to see if the Coumarin contained in the tree is 
sufficiently abundant to make it valuable to the manufacturer of fine chemicals. 
Size. —It commonly attains a height of 60 or 70 feet and even more, and a 
diameter of 2 or 3 feet. 
Habitat. —This tree is confined to New South Wales. It is a gully tree, 
and common as it is, I believe I have never seen it out of such situations. It may 
be found in most of the Blue Mountain gullies, and also a considerable distance 
north and south of Sydney. The furthest southern locality I know for this tree is 
Conjola, near Milton; the furthest western, Mount Wilson; and the furthest 
northern, near Stroud, hut I feel sure that observations will considerably extend 
its range to the northward. 
Propagation. —It is readily propagated from seed. The tree is well-shaped, 
hears handsome, bright foliage, always green, and it bears a profusion of inflorescence, 
rendering it altogether one of the most desirable of our native plants. As far as my 
observation goes, it is very little cultivated, but so beautiful and useful a plant is 
well worthy of a fair trial. Its natural habitats show that it requires fairly rich 
soil, not too much sun, and plenty of water, a trio of requirements not always 
obtainable in Sydney gardens ; but as plants frequently show capability of adapting 
themselves to changed circumstances in a remarkable degree, it would be interesting 
to know what liberties could he taken with the present species. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 21. 
The small twig at the right hand of the plate shows the normal flowers. 
The large twig, filling most of the plate, shows the enlarged calyx-lobes, forming the “flowers.” 
a. Flower. 
b. Flower in a more advanced stage. 
(a) Lobe of calyx. 
( b ) Stamen. 
(c) Perigynous disc. 
c. Flower, further advanced with calyx removed. 
( d) Half inferior ovary. 
(e) Recurved styles. 
D. Stamen, front and back view of anther appendage. 
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