generally found on coast-sands. One of the most stately among
an extensive number of species, remarkable for its dark-green
shady foliage. I t delights in river-banks, but will thrive also on
ground witli stagnant moisture. Grows splendidly a t the city of
Algiers [Prof. Bonrlier]. Stems attain a height of 80 feet without
a branch and a diameter of 8 feet. The timber nsnally sound to
the centre, adapted for waterworks, waggons, particularly for
felloes, also knees of boats. Posts formed of it are very lasting, as
no decay was observed iu fourteen years ; it is also well adapted for
shingles. The Rev. Dr. Woolls, Mr. Kirton and Mr. Reader all
testify to its general excellence.
E u c a l y p t u s o a lo p h y lla , B. Brown.
South-Western Australia, where it is vernacularly known as Red
Gumtree. More umbrageous than most Eucalypts and of comparatively
rapid growth. In its native forests it has quite the aspect of
the Eastern Bloodwood-trees, E. corymbosa and its allies. I t is
eligible as a shade-tree for avenues, as the leaves stand in a horizontal
position. Specially a bee-tree, as it keeps flowering late into the
autumn. I t succeeds well at the city of Algiers [Dr. Bonrlier], also
suited for mountainous regions of Ceylon. The wood is almost destitute
of kino, when grown on alluvial land, but not so when produced
on stony ranges. I t is preferred to that of E. marginata and E.
cornuta for rafters, spokes and fenoe-rails, also used for handles and
agrioultnral implements ; it is strong and light, but not durable
underground. The bark is valuable for tanning, as an admixture to
Aoacia-bark; the seed-vessels of tbis and perhaps all other Eucalypts
can bo nsed for the same purpose. The stem of this tree may occasionally
be observed to 10 feet in diameter; it is the only tree in
West-Australia, which yields copiously the fluid and indurating
Encalyptus-kino ; tliis is soluble in cold water to tlie extent of 70
to 80 per cent. Mr. W. Webb, of King George’s Sound, informs iis
th a t from a well-developed tree as much as from 100 to 150 lbs. of
kiuo-sap can be tapped (luring a year, the boring to he done every
three months, or the same bores are re-opened, the auger-holes to be
made particularly near thé butt. This kiuo-fluid might be used as a
protection of wood and perhaps other substances against decay. This
species will only endure a slight frost; its flowers are much frequented
by the honey-bee. The seeds are well-tasted, and large enough when
dropped to he picked by fowl.
E u c a l y p t u s c a p i t e l l a t a , Smith.
One of the Stringybark-trees of South-Eastern Australia, extending
into the dry mallee-coniitfy, attaining occasionally a height ot
200 feet. The timber is principally used for fence-rails, shingles
and rough building purposes'. Kino soluble in water as well as in
alcohol. This species might with advantage be raised on wet sandy
land. Produces seed already when quite young.
E u c a ly p tu s c it r io d o r a , Hooker.*
Queensland. Generally on sterile stony ridges. A handsome
slender tree with a smooth white hark, supplying a useful timber,
especially for piles and girders. Succeeded remarkably well at
Lucknow [Ridley], also at Zanzibar, where it grows at a tremendous
rate [Sir J . K irk ], and thrives also in Bengal and Oudh [Gamble].
It is this species, which grows so well on the hot plains of the Magdalena
River, attaining a height of 20 feet in two years, in regions
subject to protracted drought [Dr. Masters]. According to notes of
the late Mr. Thozet, a trunk 40 feet long and 20 inches in diameter
broke after a flexion of 17 inches, under a pressure of 49 tons. This
species combines with the ordinary qualities of many Eucalypts the
advantage of yielding from its fresh leaves a rather large supply of
volatile oil (slightly more than one per cent.) of excellent lemon-like
fragrance, in which respect it has, among other 120 species of Eucalypts,
only one rival. This oil has come already into commerce
through Mr. Jeffries Tunbury’s distillery a t P o rt Curtis ; it contains
no Eucalyptol ; it is soluble in five parts of alcohol of 70 per cent,
strength [Schimmel], Very retentive in perfumery. The young
plants also particularly desirable for window-cultnre, seedlings being
easily obtainable. Fresh foliage splendid for strewing about rooms
or placing in large vases for fragrance and sanitary purposes also.
Very closely allied to E. maculata, and perhaps only a variety.
Particularly adapted for a tropical jungle-clime. Dislikes frost.
E u c a ly p tu s c o c c if e r a , J. Hooker.
Tasmania. Although only a subalpine form of E. amygdalina, it
may for cultural purposes be regarded as a very distinct tree. Withstood
the severest winters of Wimbledon [J . Colebrook],
E u c a ly p tu s c o r d a t a , La Biliardière.
Southern Tasmania. Maximum height, 50 feot ; flowering in a
shrubby state already. The variety E. urnigera (J . Hooker) is
partioularly liardy, and may become of sanitary importance to colder
countries in malarian regions, the foliage being much imbued with
antiseptic oil. Greatest height of E. urnigera 150 fe e t; stem-
diameter to 6 feet [A b b o tt].
E u c a ly p tu s c o r n u t a , La Biliardière.
The Yate-tree of South-Western A ustralia. A large tree of rapid
growth, preferring a somewhat humid soil. Tho wood is used for
various artisans’ work, and preferred there for the strongest shafts
and frames of carts and other work requiring hardness, toughness and
elasticity, and is considered equal to ordinary ash-wood. The tree
appears to be well adapted for tropical countries, as Dr. Bonavia
reports, that it attained a height of 8 to 10 feet in the first year of its
growth at Lucknow, and th a t the plants did not suffer in the rainy