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the vicinity of the Nogoa River (Queensland), ‘‘ Corang.’’ Another 
aboriginal name is ‘‘Carbeen.” 
This timber is not hard, but tough; it is excellent for building 
purposes. (Hill.) Comparing it with other Eucalypts it is not a 
durable timber; it is used for staves and flooring. It is of a dark 
brown colour, except near the bark. Accounts of this timber are 
conflicting. The Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods states that about 
Moreton Bay, Gympie, etc., the wood is not valued for any purpose 
whatever ; about Rockhampton, Mr. O’Shanesy says that the heart- 
wood is good enough, but the sap-wood soon decays; about 
Townsville and Charters Towers the wood is highly esteemed, 
and employed for all useful purposes. Mr. Woods says the only 
way to account for these various statements is by supposing the 
warmer climate is its proper habitat. This is by no means the 
only Eucalyptus timber in regard to which statements from 
different localities are conflicting. (See &. Sieberiana.) 
Mr. ©. Moore (Cat. V.S.W. Timbers, Paris Exh., 1855) 
states that this tree indicates poor, sterile soil. He also states that 
the wood is of a perishable nature, though sometimes used in the 
erection of huts. Diameter, 14 to 24in.; height, 30 to 6oft. 
Interior of South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland 
and Northern Australia. 
327. Eucalyptus viminalis, Zadz7/., (Syn. Z. mannifera, A. Cunn.; 
£. diversifolia, Bonpl. (the young state of £. santalzfolia, 
according to F.v.M.); £. persicifolia, Lodd. non DC.: 
£. granularis, Sieb.; £. pilularis, DC. non Smith; £. 
patentifiora, F.v.M. non Miq.;. £. fabrorum, Schlecht. ; 
E. Gunnit, Miq. non Hook. f., incl. Z. dealbata, A. Cunn.) ; 
N.O., Myrtacez, B.FI., iii., 239. 
The ‘‘ White Gum,” or ““Swamp Gum” of Tasmania. About Sydney 
it is occasionally known as ‘Grey Gum.” A manna exudes from the trunk, 
hence it is known as ‘‘Manna Gum.” In Southern New South Wales it 
bears the name of ‘‘ Ribbony Gum.” In Western New South Wales it is 
known as “Blue Gum,” and in various parts of the same colony as 
“Drooping Gum,” “ Weeping Gum,” and ‘ Woolly Butt.’ About the 
