TASMANIA^ TIMBERS. 55 



SMALLER TREES OF TASMAl^IA. 



Producing useful Timber, which is not exported. 



LEATHER WOOD {Eucryphia hillardieri). 



A small tree twenty to forty feet in height, with a trunk 

 of from twelve to thirty inches in diameter, producing an 

 excellent pinkish-brown mottled wood, which is very useful 

 in the manufacture of implements, being somewhat akin 

 in nature to the English ash, but stronger. 



TEA TREES 



MELALEUCA ERICAEFOLIA 



(Leptospermuf?i lanigerum) and {Kiinzea corifoUa). 



Called "Tea" trees because Captain Cook's sailors are 

 said to have used the leaves for tea. 



These trees have a brownish timber, which is very lasting, 

 either in the ground or in the water. The swamp teartree 

 grows in salt-water and morasses, and is useful for shelter 

 and the reclamation of land. The leaves, like others of the 

 myrtle tribe, contain essential oils, amongst them, cajeput, 

 which is used medicinally. The timber is used for pick- 

 handles, shafts, wheelwrights' work, paddles, and small piles. 



HE-OAK (Casvarina suberosa). 



SHE-OAK (Casuarina quadrivalvis). 



These are short, bushy trees, growing usually through the 

 open country, having a trunk of six to ten feet and a 

 diameter of eight to ten inches. When green, the colouring 

 of the wood is very rich; but this fades to a brown colour 

 with age. The grain, especially the medullary ray, is very 



