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COLONIES ANGLAISES.—NOUVELLE-GALLES DU SUD—SYDNEY.

Class II.

Products

obtained

without

Cultivation.

IT. 30 to 35 ft.—Elegant, small tree, with magnifi-cent pinnate leaves ; wood, soft, white, and spongy.

108 A Eucalyptus sp.— Flooded Gum of Camden. —D. 36 to

48 inches. II. 80 to 120 ft.—A fine-looking tree,with elegant pendant foliage ; the timber notvalued, being weak and perishable in comparisonwith many other of the common hard woods.

109 A Eucalyptus radïata. (?)—Kayer-rb. liii'er Gum of

Camden .— D. 12 to 18 inches. II. 30 to 50 ft.—Asmall, quick-growing species, very elegant when inblossom: is found only on the immediate sandyhanks of rivers ; the wood of no value ; the innerbark used for tying grafts, and other similar com-mon purposes.

110 A Callitius, or Frenella, sp.— Cypress.— D. 8 to 12

inches. II. 20 to 40 ft.—Elegant, bushy, smalltree, affecting sandy soil ; wood soft, prettilymarked, but not supposed to be durable.

111 A Hymf.nantiiera dentata.—D. 4 to 8 inches. H. 12

to 16 ft.—Branching shrub, affecting moist situa-tions.

112 C Ehretia acuminata.—D. 10 to 12 inches. II. 20to

30 ft.—Small, deciduous tree ; wood, soft, pale, andapparently of little value ; tree out of leaf whencut down.

113 A Acacia adenopiiora. (?)— P.6 to 8 inches. II. 20 to

25 ft.—A species with very slender stem andelegant light foliage.

114 C Zierta lanceolata.—D. 12 to 30 inches. H. 40 to

80 ft—Handsome, small tree; wood soft, hut closeand prettily grained, likely to be ornamental incabinet-work. Damaged on the voyage.

115 A Persoonia linearis. (?)—Nfiumbiirra. Jilxmg. —D.

6 to 10 inches. H. 10 to 20 ft.—Small branchingtree; wood close, and prettily marked, will yieldhandsome veneers.

116 C Bursaria spinosa, var. (?)— Ngnàrrà warm. Black-

thorn. —D. 4 to 8 inches. H. 15 to 20 ft.—Tall-growing shrub, with very dense wood.

117 A Jacksonia scoparia.— M outàngourra. Dog-wood.

—D. 4 to 6 inches. II. 12 to 15 ft.-TaU shrub,with slender, single stem. Its local name given onaccount of the offensive odour emitted by it whenburning.

118 A Acacia sp.—D. 8 to 12 inches. II. 20 to 30 ft.—

Pretty, small tree, with handsome wood.

119 A Brachychiton populneoides.—C ourymyn.—P. 18

to 36 inches. H. 30 to 50 ft.—Pretty, shortstemmed little tree, with graceful, aspen-like foli-age ; the wood, soft and spongy, containing muchgum mucilage; the tap roots of young trees, andthe smaller roots of larger trees, prized for food bythe aborigines ; the inner bark also used by themfor making nets and fishing-lines.

120 A Acacia falcata. (?)—Wee-tjellan. Lignum Vitas, —

E. 8 to 15 inches. II. 15 to 25 ft.—Pretty, smalltree ; wood, hard, close, and prettily marked ;bark, containing much tannin, and used by theaborigines to poison fish.

121 A Acacta, subcærulea (?) homomalla (?)—Karree-

wan.— I). 12 to 24 inches. H. 20 to 30 ft.—Veryhandsome species, with phyllodia of remarkableglaucous hue; wood, hard, close, fine, and prettilymarked.

122 A Eucalyptus corymbosa.— Bourrayrra-gourroo.

True Box of Camden. —1). 18 to 36 inches. II. 30 to50 ft.—A low, branching species of Eucalyptus,not very abundant ; timber of excellent quality.

123 A Eucalyttus sp.—M okiirago. Narroio-leai'ed Iron

Sark. —D. 24 to 48 inches. II. 50 to 90 ft.—Themost picturesque of the different species of Euca-lyptus called Iron bark; the wood not so hard,and not believed to be so strong, as that of Nos. 90and 137, but still of excellent quality, and verydurable.

124 A Eucalyptus sp*—B our-rougne. Stringy Bark of

Camden .—D. 24 to 54 inches. II. 50 to 100 ft.—A species yielding timber much prized for floor-ing boards and house carpentry, of considerablestrength and durability; differs from No. 96, thestringy bark of the coast.

125 A Angopiiora sp.— B oondà. Apple-tree of Camden. —

D. 18 to 48 inches. H. 40 to 80 ft.—A species,often of very great beauty, and much resemblingthe oak of Europe in its growth ; the wood, whenfree from gum veins, prized for wheelwrights*work and for boards.

126 A Casuarina sp. —Coom-ban. Forcst-sivamp Oak. —

D. 12 to 30 inches. H. 40 to 80 ft.—Small tree,usually forming small, detached, dense thickets inopen forest ground, where the situation is moist ;wood, tolerably close, prettily marked, not durable,but much used where lightness and toughness arerequired.

127 A Casuarina sp.— Nàr-rüa. Small spreading forest

Oak. —D. 10 to 15 inches. H. 15 to 30 ft.—Smalltree of no beauty ; wood not used excepting forfuel, for which it is excellent.

128 A Acacia longifolia. (?)—1). 4 to 8 inches. II. 20 to

40 ft.—A very slender, tall species. A very badspecimen collected.

129 A Acacia sp. — Willow. —D. 10 to 15 inches. II. 20 to

30 ft.—A beautiful species, affecting the banks ofstreams ; wood, close grained and tough. ‘

130 A Tristanea laurina. (?) — Water Gum of River Ne-

pean .—D. 12 to 24 inches. II. 20 to 30 ft.—Aremarkable small tree, found only in the beds ofstreams; of very branching habit; wood, very fineand close in grain, easily worked, but acquiring anexceedingly hard and bony texture when carefullyseasoned; very apt to split if not dried ■with greatprecaution. A most valuable w’ood of its dimen-sions.

131 A Casuarina suberosa. (?)—Dahl-wah. Forest Oak.

Beech-wood. Shingle Oak. —D. 18 to 30 inches. 11.20 to 40 ft.—A low, branching tree ; its wood muchused for shingles, but possessing considerablebeauty for cabinet-work ; very apt to split in dry-ing if the process be not carefully managed.

132 A Leptospermum sr.—Tibbekin.—D. 6 to8 inches. H.

12 to 15 ft.—Crooked-growing, large shrub of nobeauty.

133 A Leptospermum sp. —D. 3 to 5 inches. II. 10 to 15 ft.

—Branching shrub, showy when in blossom.

134 A Casuarina sp. —Billagin.— River, or , White Oak. —

I). 24 to 60 inches. II. 50 to 120ft.—A beautifulpicturesque tree, growing only in or near the bedsof rivers; its wood, strong, light, very tough whendry ; excellent for many purposes requiring light-ness and strength ; not durable if exposed to theweather.

135 A Eucalyptus sp. —Bamml-gourra. Bastard Box. —

D. 24 to 48 inches. II. 60 to 100 ft.—The mostunsightly, perhaps, of all the Eucalypti in appear-ance; generally very much decayed at the heartbefore it attains its full stature. Its timber is,nevertheless, in high repute for great strength amidurable qualities. For the poles and shafts ofdrays and carts, and for the spokes of wheels, it issupposed to have no equal.

136 A Eucalyptus sp. — Swamp Mahogany , Camden. —D.

36 to 48 inches. H. 80 to 100 ft.—A fine specieswith handsome foliage, yielding fine timber, hutnot of such strength and durability as many otherkinds.

137 A Eucalyptus sp. —Terri barri. Rough-leaved , rough-

harked Iron Bark. —D. 24 to 48 inches. II. 80 to130 ft.— One of the species which yield thestrongest and most durable timber ; hark veryrugged and durable. This tree has been proposedfor their emblem, by the colonists of New SouthWales.

138 A Casuarina stricta. (?) -- Oomburra. Salt-water

swamp Oak.—Y). 12 to 24 inches. II. 60 to80 ft.—Very tall species of Casuarina, growing only inthickets, near salt-water marshes, or inlets ; thewood not esteemed.

139 C Jinda-yinda.- D. 12 to 24 inches. H. 40 to 60 ft.—

Apparently differing from No. 112, hut if so, closelyallied to it; tree out of leaf when cut down.

140 B Callistf.mon sp.—D. 2 to 3 inches. 11. 8 to 12 ft.—

Tall shrub, with many stems; of great beautywhen in blossom.

141 B Pom4bekris sp.— D. 3 to 5 inches. II. 10 to 15 ft.

—Tall shrub of some beauty.

142 A Eucalyptus sp.— Woolly Gum of Argyle.—D, 36 to

48 inches. II. 40 to 80 ft.—A species of picturesquegrowth, confined to a limited extent of country ;•wood not esteemed, reputed to possess little com-parative strength or durability. Thespecimen wastaken from a tree planted in the year 1829, thenabout the diameter of a quill. When cut down ithad acquired a diameter of nearly 30 inches, andwas 70 feet high.