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259. Eucalyptus acmenioides, Schawer., (Syn. 2. pilularis, var. 
? acmenioides, Benth.; £. ¢rianthos, Link.); B.F1., iii., 208. 
The ‘‘White Mahogany” of New South Wales, and the ‘‘Stringy- 
bark” of Rockingham Bay (Queensland). Called also ‘‘ Broad-leaved Box.” 
The “ Jundera” of some Richmond River (New South Wales) aboriginals. 
Timber heavy (Baron Mueller gives the specific gravity of a 
sample of this timber as 1.066, which would be about 672Ib. per 
cubic’ foot), strong and durable; it has been found good for 
flooring-boards, slabs, rails and palings; it is readily fissile like 
stringybark, but heavier and more durable. Its palings are not apt 
to warp when exposed. Dr. Woolls says: ‘‘ It has a satiny lustre 
when planed, and is sometimes prettily waved.” At the London 
Exhibition of 1862, there was exhibited (Ca¢. No. 45) a sample of 
timber from Brisbane Water as ‘ White Mahogany,” and said to 
be “a good building timber.’ It probably belonged to this species. 
Diameter, 18 to 30in.; height, 40 to 6oft. 
South Australia, New South Wales and South Queensland, 
but not far inland. 
260. Eucalyptus amygdalina, Zadz//., (Syn. Z. fisstlis, F.v.M. ; 
E. radiata, Sieb.; E. elata, Dehn.; E. ¢enuriamis, Miq.; 
E.. nitida, Hook, f.; £. longifolia, Lindl.; L£. Lindleyana, 
DC.; and perhaps /. Rzsdon7, Hook, f.; (Risdon or Drooping 
Gum, aseparate species in B.F., iii., 203); 2. dzves, Schauer. ; 
B.FI., iii., 202. <A tall variety has been called 2. amyda- 
lina var. regnans. 
This Eucalypt has even more vernacular names than botanical synonyms. 
It is one of the ‘‘Peppermint Trees” (and variously ‘* Narrow-leaved 
Peppermint,” ‘‘ Brown Peppermint,” ‘‘ White Peppermint,” and sometimes 
‘‘Dandenong Peppermint”), and ‘Mountain Ashes” of the Dandenong 
Ranges of Victoria, and also of Tasmania and Southern New South 
Wales. It is also called ‘‘Giant Gum” and ‘“ White Gum.” In 
Victoria it is one of the ‘‘Red Gums.” It is one of the New South 
Wales “ Stringybarks,” and a “ Manna Gum.” Because it is allied to, or 
associated with, “Stringybark,” it is also known by the name of “ Messmate.” 
* E. amygdalina of the Upper Yarra district (Victoria), and elsewhere, where it attains 
gigantic proportions, is called “ Mountain Ash;’’ the same kind of Eucalyptus in other 
districts, where it is of smaller size, is designated “ Peppermint.’” (Report of Carriage 
Timber Boari.) 
