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“That from New England has a smell similar to that which common resin 
gives out when held in the warm hand; while the other two samples have very 
faint aromatic odour. They all can he crushed between the fingers into a fine 
powder. 
“ No. 67. Kino from Cambewarra, collected August, 1886; height, 100-120 
feet; diameter, 3-4 feet. Distinctly the darkest and most opaque-looking of all the 
samples of this kino examined, with the exception of some fragments of No. 70. 
It is exceedingly brittle, even when in compact masses. The fracture is fairly 
bright, and shows a great lustre. Colour, olive-brown to reddish-brown; forms a 
dull-looking powder of an olive-brown colour. 
“ In cold water it forms a yellow solution of the tint of fresh and pure olive 
oil, leaving a resinoid catechin residue of a dirty-brownisli colour, very like soft 
toffee in appearance, and with the odour already referred to. On long continued 
digestion with water it loses its resinoid texture and almost entirely dissolves. 
“ Water at 100° C. (1 grm. to 1 litre) yields a browner solution than No. 68, 
and very turbid. Alcohol (to form tincture B.P. strength) yields an olive-brown 
solution, with a dark olive-brown, muddy residue, consisting largely of ligneous 
matter, and accompanied by a sticky substance. In ether a small percentage 
dissolves, and a lemon-yellow liquid is formed. The substance which gives the kino 
its odour is entirely taken up by the ether. 
Eollowing is an analysis, made October, 1888, of this kino :— 
Catechin and tannic acid ... ... ... ... ... 84 - 25 
Ligneous matter, &c_ ... ... ... ... ... 1'95 
Moisture ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12-9 
Ash ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... '9 
10000 
Tannic acid determination (Lowenthal), 4-6'222 per cent.” 
The above is an extract from a paper* by me, but a full analysis of the kino 
is a desideratum. 
Size.—The Spotted Gum is not usually more than 60 to 100 feet high, and 
with a stem diameter of more than 4 feet. Larger trees are, however, not 
phenomenal. 
Mr. M. llyan, of Little Mill, Cullendulla, writes to the Ecening Neics, 
18th June, 1895 :— 
About miles from my residence there stands, in Casey’s Gully, an enormous Spotted Gum, said 
to be the largest on the South Coast. Those who have compared it with one on Mr. Higgins’s selection, 
14 miles distant, give the palm to that in Casey’s Gully. Its circumference at the base is 44 ft. 1 in.; 
about 5 feet from the ground it measures 40 ft. 3 in. It scarcely tapers from that to the first limb, which 
projects at a height of 75 feet. The tree is about 100 feet high. 
• The Examination of Kinos a 3 an aid in the diagnosis of Eucalypts. Part iii.—The Turbid Group. ( Vroc . Linn. 
Soc., N.S. W., 1891, p. 418.) 
