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Exudations. —The tree yields a gum similar to that produced from the 
Acacia, plum, and cherry trees; it may he callected in considerable quantity 
(Bennett). A specimen of gum, said to be derived from this tree, is in irregular 
tears, rather adhesive and dull, with a shining fracture, amber-coloured and brownish, 
rather friable, mixed with fragments of bark ; tasteless, soluble in water. (Cooke, 
Gums and Resms of India.) 
I have seen a small quantity of gum from this tree. Lauterer* gives an 
analysis of it. 
Size. —Height from 40 to 60 feet, with a diameter of 2 to 3 feet. A fine 
umbrageous tree. 
Habitat. —It is not rare in moist places in northern brush forests, and in 
good land in more open forests. It extends from a little north of Sydney along the 
coast and coast districts to North Australia. Its precise southern range I do not 
know. In sending specimens for record, it is of course necessary to exercise caution 
that they are taken from naturally grown trees, since the species is so often 
cultivated. 
Propagation. —This is one of our few native deciduous trees. It is so hardy 
and such a rapid grower that it is one of the native trees most cultivated in its own 
country. Although a native of the coast districts, it will grow inland to a consider¬ 
able distance, being very resistant to drought. It is a charming shade tree, and if 
any pains were taken with its cultivation (which is not often the case), it would be 
more admired than it is. It is so tolerant to bad usage that it gets plenty of it. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 96. 
a. Portion of leaf, showing leaflets. 
b. Flowering branch. 
c. Bud, one petal removed to show staminal tube. 
d. Staminal tube, opened out. 
e. Stamens. 
F. Portion of flower, showing— 
(а) Pistil. 
(б) Disc. 
g. Vertical section of ovary, 
n. Transverse section of ovary. 
K. Fruits (natural size). 
L. Seed. 
M. Transverse section of seed. 
* “Gums and Resins exuded by Queensland plants chemically and technologically described.” From pages 35 to 80 of 
F. M. Bailey’s Botany Bulletin No. XIII (April, 1896), “Contributions to the Queenslanl Flora.” 
fjdne.v ; William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer. 1937. 
