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Trochocarpa laurina, R. Br. ‘‘ Barranduna,” ‘‘ Beech,” ‘‘ Brush cherry.” 
( Epacridacec. ) 
Weinmannia rubifolic, F.v. M. ‘‘ Marara,” ‘‘ Cork-wood.”’ (Saxifragacee. ) 
Xylomelum pyriferum, Knight. ‘‘ Meridjacourboo.”  (Proteacee.) 
[See Moore, ‘‘ Woods of New South Wales.” 
VICTORIA. 
Nearly half the area of the colony of Victoria (40,000 out of 
88,198 square miles) was estimated in 1878 as forest, most of 
which is in the hands of Government. The great bulk of the 
timber consists of Hucalyptus, the chief species of which cover more 
than half the forest area. The acacias are second in importance. 
The “Red gum” (Lucalyptus rostrata, Schlecht.), sp. gr., ‘858 to 
923, is the most valuable hardwood in the colony, being very 
durable. It is used for piles, bridge-planks, railway-sleepers, ships’- 
knees, etc., besides yielding kino, paper-pulp, charcoal, pearl-ash, 
tar, etc. The “blue gum” (Z. globulus, Labill.) is scarcer (sp. gr., 
“698 to °889), but is similarly used. Its colossal size adapts it for 
outside planking. The “ white gum” (Z. amygdalina, Lab.)—also 
known as “ mountain ash,” “‘ peppermint,” or “ giant gum ”—exceeds 
400 feet in height, but is less durable. The ‘“ messmate stringy- 
bark” (Z. obliqua, L’Heérit.), sp. gr., *809 to -990,—by far the 
most abundant and most generally used timber in the colony—is 
inferior, being liable to twist ; and the “ iron-bark” (£. leucoxylon, 
F. v. M. = £. Stderoxylon, A. Cunn.), sp. gr., 1106 to 1024, is 
considered the strongest wood in the colony, but is much smaller in 
size. It is used for cogs, spokes, shafts, and axe-handles. There is 
a small series of Victorian timbers at Kew; but the following 
enumeration of the remaining species is taken from the valuable 
descriptive list in the ‘‘ Catalogue of Victorian Exhibits: Indian 
and Colonial Exhibition,” where the woods were most admirably dis- 
played :— 
Acacia decurrens, Willd. ‘‘Common,” ‘ Black,” or ‘‘ Feathery Wattle.” 
Sp. gr., ‘727 to ‘773. Gum and bark for tanning. (Legwminose.) 
. dealbata, Link. ‘‘ Silver Wattle.” 
. homalophylla, A. Cunn. ‘‘Myall.” Fragrant. Gum. 
. implexa, Benth. Sp. gr., *711. 
. leprosa, Sieber. ‘‘ Native hickory.” Cabinet work. 
. linearis, Sims. 
. longifolia, Willd. 
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