TIMBERS. 499 
Diameter, 36 to 48in.; height, 100 to r5oft. Mr. James 
Mitchell (Proc. R.S., V.D. Zand, 1851) measured a tree of this 
species in Tasmania which, at four feet from the ground, was 
64ft. in girth. 
Southern coast districts New South Wales, but chiefly in 
Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. 
297. Eucalyptus occidentalis, Zd/., including perhaps LZ. 
macrandra, F.v.M., (a species in B.FI., iii., 235), and £. 
spathulata, Hook.; N.O., Myrtacez, B.F1L., iii., 235. 
The “ Flat-topped Yate.” 
The timber is hard and strong, and is for that reason sought 
after by wheelwrights. (Muir.) It is probably as valuable as the 
timber of Z£. cornufa. (Mueller.) It is heavy and durable, and 
much used for posts, fence rails, fuel, etc. Height, 30 to 8oft. 
South-western Australia. 
298. Eucalyptus ochrophloia, Fv.M., N.O., Myrtacee, F.v.M., 
Prapnmi., xi., 36. 
Called ‘‘ Yellow-jacket,” from its yellowish bark. 
Wood of a brownish colour, hard, heavy, and close-grained. 
Height, about soft. 
Near the Warrego and Paroo Rivers, New South Wales and 
Queensland. 
299. Eucalyptus odorata, Behr., (Syn. £. porosa, Mig.; E. caju- 
putea, Miq.); N.O., Myrtacez, B.FI., iii., 215. 
One of the “‘ Peppermint trees.” ‘* Box” and “‘ White Box” are names 
it possesses, and about St. Vincent’s Gulf (South Australia) it is known as 
“ Red Gum.” 
This timber weighs from sixty to seventy pounds per cubic 
foot. It is very hard, durable, yellowish-white, is considered of 
fair quality, has a tough fibre, and is used for such purposes as 
naves, felioes, rails, slabs, firewood, and fence posts. As arule 
the tree is too small to be available for general sawing purposes, 
