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261. Eucalyptus Baileyana, 7.2.4/,, Fragm., xi., 37. 
A “ Stringybark.” 
Wood of a light-grey colour, very tough, suitable for tool 
handles and other purposes where toughness is required. It is of 
very limited occurrence, and little is known about it at present. 
Near Brisbane. 
262. Eucalyptus botryoides, Smith, (Syn. £. platypodos, Cav.) ; 
B.F1., iii., 229. 
The ‘Blue Gum” of New South Wales coast districts. ‘‘ Bastard 
Mahogany ” of Gippsland and New South Wales; called also ‘‘ Swamp 
Mahogany ” in Victoria and New South Wales. It also bears the names 
of ‘ Bastard Jarrah,” and occasionally ‘* Woolly Butt.” Sydney workmen 
often give it the name ‘‘Bangalay,”* by which it was formerly known by 
the aboriginals of Port Jackson. It is called ‘‘ Binnak”’ by the aboriginals 
of East Gippsland. 
A valuable timber, hard, tough, and durable. Used for 
felloes of wheels, and one of the finest timbers for ship-building. 
(Hill.) When the tree has grown on rich soil among running 
streams its timber is regarded as one of the best amongst 
Eucalypts, and ist then utilised for the manufacture of waggons, 
trucks, all the heavier kinds of wheelwrights’ work, particularly 
felloes ; it is also very eligible for shingles, as water does not 
become discoloured by them. (Mueller.) When the tree grows 
on coast sands its wood is still useful for sawing and fencing, 
though the stems are often gnarled. (Kirton.) It is sought 
also for knees of vessels or boats; the timber is usually 
sound to the centre. The various accounts given of the durability 
underground of this timber are contradictory. (Mueller.) The 
Baron, however, instances a case in which no decay was observable 
in posts which had been in use fourteen years. It does not split 
well. In external appearance and timber it seems to merge into 
E.. saligna. 
* Pronounced Bang alley, 
+ It is one of four colonial timbers recommended by the Victorian Carriage Timber 
Board for use in the construction of railway carriages. Specimens from Gippsland 
(“Gippsland Mahogany ”’’) are spoken of as “a timber of good colour, as strong as ‘ Blue 
Gum’ (E, globulus), but of less specific gravity.’” 
