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of extract. Height of tree, 10 to 12 feet; diameter, 4 to 6 inches; collected 
September, 1S87 ; analysed August, 1888. A typical representative of the dry 
country wattle-barks. It seems to consist of nothing but flakes and layers of fibre. 
ILLUSTRATION. 
The accompanying illustration, “ Boree trees on the raihvay-line near Whitton,” which appeared 
in the “New South Wales Railway Budget” for 1st June, 1908, affords an excellent example of the good 
service the New South Wales railways perform in the preservation of the indigenous flora. They are 
almost invariably fenced in, and hence serve as an asylum for species like the present one, which would 
otherwise be eaten out. 
No. 65. Fart XVI. 
Eucalyptus amygdahna , Labi 11. 
A PEPPERMINT. 
(Family Myrtace.e.) 
Aboriginal Names. —See vol. ii, p. 132. Mr. J. G. Saxton, of Melbourne, 
gives the following Victorian aboriginal names : — 
“Woorragee,” for the “Native peppermint-tree.” 
“ Darkbonee,” for the “Native peppermint gum-tree. 
I hope their names will be inquired into and the precise species ascertained. 
Perhaps they refer to E. odorata, also known as “ Peppermint ” in Victoria, chiefly 
in the west or nortli-west. 
No. 68. Part XVII. 
Casuarina strict a, Ait. 
THE DROOPING SHE-OAK. 
(Family Casuarinaceje.) 
Fruits. —See vol. ii, p. 143. 
I have received cones from South Australia (Mr. Walter Gill), inches long and up to If inches 
broad. 
ILLUSTRATION. 
“Forest Oak,” Dubbo.—C. J. McMaster, who says, “Grows probably 30 feet. Young tree.” 
No. 70. Part XVII. 
Flindersia australis , R.Br. 
THE NATIVE TEAK. 
(Family Meliace.e.) 
Timber. —See vol. ii, p. 153. 
A large and fairly tall tree, with deciduous bark. Wood bright-yellow, of a distinctive odour ; 
elastic, very oily, hard, strong, and durable. Iron fastened into it will not rust, as is the case with 
nearly every other kind of timber. 
