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omangn i liandra pulcherrima (Tassel Flower). A red flowering shrub; very 
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5 Carya sulcata (Furrowed Hickory). Wood heavy, strong, elastic, durable. 
in India Cassia fistula (Indian Laburnum). Most ornamental; used dyeing and tanning 
a »  odoratissima. Ornamental tree. 
39. » pistacemfolia. Yellow flowered ; ornamental tree. 
marked Casuarina glauca (Bull Oak). Leaves eaten by camels; wood red, beautifully 
ata Casuarina tuberosa (Erect She Oak, Forest Oak). Valuable fodder in 
ght; timber of great beauty ; tool handles, mauls, bullock yokes, shingles, &c. 
cubie f Cedrela Toona (Red Cedar). Very valuable tree ; fine timber, 35 lb. to 
pects used in India as forage, medicine, gum, dye, tan, and timber. 
®. Chrysophyllum oliveeforme. A West Indian tree, pretty foliage. _ 
e ext Jocos pluimosa (Feather Palm). Most graceful, tall, rapid growing, should 
ils, 1V¢ly planted for ornament, grows well on a clay subsoil and indeed on most 
37. Coix lachryma (Job’s Tears). A curious grass. — ¢ 
otoneaster microphylla. Low shrub, good to cover rocks. ; 
Insects ai stocarya australis (Moreton Bay Laurel). Timber light, durable if dry. 
S avoid it. ; ; 
to work, Cupressus Lawsoniana (Lawson's Cypress). _ Timber valuable, fragrant, easy 
i » free from knots, elastic, durable; 80 to 150 feet. 
7 Cupressus lusitanica (Cedar of Goa). Small ornamental tree. 
durable ” sempervirens (Common Cypress). Timber insect _proot ; very 
music ‘if Doors of St. Paul’s, Rome, have lasted 600 years, made of this ; used for 
~ Instruments, trunks, boxes, &c., &e. 
4d, Rupressus sempervirens, var. stricta. 
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of its sips. gyrans (Telegraph Plant). 
> Desmodium tortuosum. si 
Or apis iploglottis Cunninghamii (Queensland Tamarind). The seed has a covering 
lb Ti” of a delicious acid taste. ‘Timber recommended for cabinet-work ; 38 to. 50 
*& cubic foot, 
‘Highly 
Notable for the curious movements 
Oma, - Diptotherium maritimum (Brazilian Coast Palm). Fruit useful. 
Mental and stately palm. 
Ha Dombeya mollis (Soft-leaved Dombeya). Ornamental shrub. . | 
» Duranta Ellisii (Hedge Plant). A white variety of Duranta (the common 
hedge plant). ig 
" Erythrina Christi-galli (Christ-Thorn). Handsome-flowered shrub. 
the sours ee tzonyton coca (Coca Plant). Used in South America as a stimulant ; 
Meee OL) Cocaine, 
672 ae Eucalyptus acmenioides (Stringy-bark). Timber heavy, durable, strong; 
‘ 53 to cubic foot. Flooring boards, slabs, rails, palings, &e. 
feet hi Encaly tus amygdalina (Peppermint). reported 471 
set Timber useful in railway carriage work, &e. : 
Duilding, teelyptus calophylla (Red Gum, ful for all sorts 0 
fics]? Eucalyptus capitellata (Stringy-bark, 
} Posts, rails, ¢ Fuel; yields oil. | 
s, rails, carpentery, good fuel; yields o1 Sei jel es ge 
8s, railway ties 3 aH iar 
750": , and many other uses. : a ; 
lange Eucalyptus diversicolor (Karri, W.A.) _ Timber straight-grained, tough 
ey blanks, rails, spokes, felloes, ship’s planks. Said to cover 2,300 square miles in 
ern Australia. r ; 
Shingy’ Eucalyptus eugenioides (White Stringybark). Inferior fuel, splits well. 
gles, palings, slabs, &c. hots 
Eucalyptus fibrosa. Probably synonymous with K. siderophloia (q.v.) 
diayy ” globulus (Blue Gum of ‘Tasmania). Timber pale, hard, heavy, 
log able, All kinds of purposes. ‘Trees useful for absorption of moisture in unhealthy 
' ‘lities ; yields 123 oz. oil to 100 1b. leaves. 
