466 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
EXPERIMENTS ON THE TRANSVERSE STRENGTH OF THE Woop OF 
E. Gunnit, var. (Swamp Gum), by Baron Mueller and J. G. 
Luehmann. The specimens were 2ft. long and 2in. square. 
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Exceptionally attains a height of 25oft., usually much less. 
Tasmania, the extreme south-eastern portion of South Australia, 
thence to Gippsland, and into New South Wales as far as Berrima. 
282. Eucalyptus hemastoma, Smzth, (Syn. £. signata, F.v.M.; 
EL. falcifolia, Mig.; and including £. micrantha, DC.); N.O., 
Myrtacee, B.FI., iii., 212. 
This is a “Spotted Gum,” and “ White Gum” of New South Wales 
and Queensland. About Sydney it is occasionally called ‘‘ Blue Gum.” 
As its white bark usually shows the serpentine marks of a boring insect, it 
is often called ‘‘Scribbly Gum.’ In the Illawarra district (New South 
Wales) it goes by the name of “ Black-butt,” and in the county of Camden, 
in the same colony, it is sometimes known as “ Mountain Ash.” In the 
extreme south a variety sometimes goes by the name of “ Rough,” or 
““Small-leaved Stringybark.’”” Some Queensland aborigines know it by the 
name of “ Kurra-gurra.’’ <A variety (micrantha) goes under the name of 
“ Brittle Gum” in the Queanbeyan district, New South Wales, 
The wood is of a grey or reddish colour, and not durable if 
exposed. It is considered the most worthless of the Queensland 
Eucalypts. While it is apt soon to decay, it furnishes a fair fuel, 
and material for rough carpentry. It also has some limited use 
for ship-building and wheelwrights’ work. 
Mr. Bauerlen’s opinion (the result of special enquiry) is a 
little more favourable. Writing from Colombo, Candelo, N.S.W., 
he says: “Timber second, or almost equal to £. melliodora in 
usefulness. Used for slabs and fencing purposes.”” Mr. H. Deane 
