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diffolves about one fixth part only,'and the watery folution is
of a - bright red. Both- thefe folutions are powerfully
aftringent.V
The Plate reprcfents a portion of the bark of the Eucalyptus
rejiniferay _with the fructification annexed.
; a. Is a bunch of the flowers the fize of nature.
b. The flower, its calyptra, or hood, being .removed.
c. Calyx.
d. . Stamina.
e. Piftillum.
ƒ. 'Calyptra feparate..
g . The .erilarged flower, which we fufpc& to be in a
difeafed Hate.
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| This i-s^about the fize-of an Englifh. walnut tree. Its
trunk'grows: pretty vflraight' for about fourteen or fixteen
feet, after which it brandies out into long Ipiral leave?,
which fiang do,wn on all fides, andl#efemble thofe of the
larger kinds-'of grafs or fedget.. From the center p f
the head of- .leaves 'arifeyla . Angle footftalk, eighteen or
twenty■ feet,in height .perfectly ftraight and;ere<ft, very
mhch refcmbling the fogar.cane, , and terminating in a fpike
of a fpiral form, not .unlike an ear of wheat. This large ftem
bn footftalk is ufed by the natives for making Ipears and fifh
gigs, being pointed with the teeth of fifh or other animals,
fome of which;are represented, in the plate of Implements,
from -originals- noW in Mr. Wilfon’s pofleffion.
• But the moft valuable produce of this plant feems to be
its refin, the properties o f which vie with thofe of the moft
fragrant balfams. This refin exudes fpontaneoufly from the
trunk; the more r e a d i l y , i f incifions are made in its bark.
It is of a yellow colour; fluid at firft, but being infpiflated
in the fun, it acquires a folid form. Burnt on hot coals, it
H h 2 emits