508 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
colour, speckled with white, and it would be useful for cabinet- 
work. Attains a diameter of 1oft.; height, 30o0ft. 
Queensland. 
212. Eucalyptus redunca, Schau., (incl. L. xanthonema, Turez,); 
N.O., Myrtacez, B.FI., iii., 253. 
The colonists’ name is ‘‘ White Gum,” that of the aboriginals ‘‘ Wandoo.” 
This tree furnishes a pale, hard, particularly tough, heavy and 
durable timber, prized for building purposes, various implements, 
and especially for wheelwrights’ work, supplying the best shafts, 
cogs, naves, spokes, and felloes. The seasoned wood weighs 
about 7olb. per cubic foot. Mr. Allen Ransome examined a 
sample of this timber sent to the Colonial and Indian Exhibition. 
He reports: ‘(It is very similar to Tuart (Z. gomphocephala). 
Felloes were shaped, and spokes were turned from it, the finish 
being, if anything, superior to that of Tuart.” Height, up to 
120ft. 
Western Australia. 
B13) Eucalyptus resinifera, Smth, (incl. L. spectadbilis, F.v.M.; 
E, pellita, F.v.M.; 2. Kirtoniana, ¥.v.M.; £. hemilampra, 
F.v.M.) ; N.O., Myrtaceze, B.FI., ili., 245. 
The “ Red,” or “‘ Forest Mahogany,” of the neighbourhood of Sydney. 
These are bad names, as the wood bears no real resemblance to the true 
Mahogany. Because the product of this tree (or perhaps that of Z. 
siderophloia) first brought Australian kino into medical notice, it is often in 
old books called ‘‘ Botany Bay Gum-tree.” Other names for it are “ Red 
Gum,” “Grey Gum,” ‘Hickory,’ and it perpetuates the memory of an 
individual by being called “‘ Jimmy Low.” 
[It is not always possible to reconcile the statements which 
have been made in regard to the timber of Z. res¢nzfera, unfortu- 
nate confusion having arisen between this species and LZ. szdero- 
philota (see p. 516), which has £. resinzfera as one of its synonyms. 
In the colonies the usual equivalent for £. resinifera, Sm., is 
“Mahogany,” and that for £. res¢nifera, A. Cunn. (siderophloia), 
“ Tronbark.’’] . 
This timber is much prized for strength and durability, and 
is used for piles, as it is said to resist the action of Cobra. (Hill.) 
It is used for ships’ knees, shingles, posts, and general building 
