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Timber flesh, or red coloured, firm, and close-grained; not 
much used, except for buiding purposes. It stands well in drying. 
It is used for building, agricultural implements, and carts, also for 
well-work, as it resists the action of water. Five sleepers of this 
wood were taken from an Indian railway in 1875. They had been 
in the ground five years, and were reported to be fairly sound, and 
not touched by white ants. Weight, about 4g9lb. per cubic foot. 
(Gamble.) Diameter, 24 to 36in.; height, 80 to 1ooft. 
New South Wales and Queensiand. 
q32 Eugenia leptantha, Wright, (Syn. Syzygium longiflorum, 
Wall); N.O., Myrtacez, B.FI., iii., 283. 
Wood of a dark colour, close-grained, easily worked ; 
suitable for flooring boards of verandahs. 
Queensland. 
333. Hugenia myrtifolia, Szms, (Syn. Z£. australis, Wendl.; 
Fambosa australis, DC.; F. Thozetiana, F.v.M.; ALyrtus 
australis, Hill); N.O., Myrtacez, B.FI., iii., 286. 
**Brush Cherry,” or ‘‘ Native Myrtle.” Called ‘‘ Red Myrtle’” in 
Southern New South Wales. 
Timber elastic; used for staves, oars, boat-building, etc. 
The aboriginals make boomerangs and shields from it. (General 
Report, Sydney International Exhibition, 1879.) It is of a light 
reddish or yellowish colour, works splendidly, seasons well, and is 
evidently a valuable wood. A slab in the Technological Museum, 
which has been seasoned over twenty-five years (having been 
exhibited at the London International Exhibition of 1862), has a 
weight which corresponds to 47lb. 120z. per cubic foot. Diameter, 
18 to 24in.; height 50 to rooft. 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
334. Eugenia Smithii, Por., (Syn. Acmena floribunda, DC.; 
A. elliptica, var. G. Don.; Myrtus Smithit, Spreng.; 
Syzygium brachynemum,. F.v.M.); N.O., Myrtacee, B.FI., 
iii., 283, ; 
