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examined these timbers, and finds them to belong to Z. corymbosa. 
The former sample is of a red colour, fairly good to work, and 
shows gum-veins. The latter is a cleaner sample ; and if obtainable 
in large pieces of as good quality, would be well adapted for 
cabinet-work. It is of a reddish-brown colour, comparatively light 
in weight, and fairly easy to work. 
Specimens of this timber from Bowenfels, N.S.W., were used 
in the Sydney Mint experiments. The average dimensions of the 
trees were: height, 30 to soft.; diameter, 8 to 16in. Specific 
gravity, .853. Value of E, 434,200; of S, 2,310. Other 
specimens from Brisbane were from a tree 35ft. to the fork, and 
with a diameter of 21in. Specific gravity of wood, .983. Value 
of E, 364,700; of S, 1,680. Diameter, 2 to 4ft.; height, 80 to 
10oft. 
Eastern New South Wales and Southern Queensland. 
268. Eucalyptus corynocalyx, 77.47, (Syn., £. cladocalyx, 
Fy. M.); B.FL, ti.; 278, 
Sometimes called ‘‘ Sugar Gum,” on account of its sweetish foliage, 
which attracts cattle and sheep. 
This timber is remarkably heavy, much more so than £. 
rostrata; it has great lateral strength, is very hard when dry, of a 
yellowish-white colour, and its durability and power of resistance 
against damp-rot, and the attacks of white ants, are of a high order, 
One of its chief recommendations is that, of all our colonial 
timbers, it is the least likely to warp when exposed to the weather, 
The timber is used for fencing purposes generally, railway sleepers, 
joists and rafters, piles, planking, naves, and felloes of wheels. 
(J. E. Brown.) This tree grows under the most unfavourable 
circumstances, when most other species have been killed by the 
drought. Baron Mueller notes that a post of this tree which had 
been fifteen years in the ground showed no signs of decay. 
Diameter, 5 to 6ft.; height, r2oft. 
South Australia. 
269. Eucalyptus crebra, /.v.J7,, (Syn. £. resinifera, A. Cunn. ; 
Metrosideros salicifolium var. [3. Solander (perhaps), Z. 
