34 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA 
E. longifolia, usually called Wooleybut, though in some districts called 
Peppermint,* on account of the oil of the leaves having that flavor. <A very 
fine tree, with leaves more than a foot long; flowers large, in 3s; seed-vessels 
best defined of all, 34 inch long, 24 in diameter, four-celled, valves not pro- 
truding beyond the broad oblique rim. The volatile oil of the leaves possess 
remarkable qualities, but the wood is not much esteemed, save as fuel; it is, 
however, split for fencing and the Jike, but not durable; others say excellent; 
the fibre of the bark is adapted for packing and paper making. 
E. diversifolia—A tree of beautiful form, 80 feet high; wood indifferent> 
buds and seed-vessels small, eight, in axillary or lateral umbels. 
E. polyanthemos is a tree of moderate size called Lignum Vite, Poplar-leaved 
Gum, or Bastard Box; wood brown towards the centre; very hard and tough. 
E. pulverulenta and E. cinerea—Two varieties of small tree called Argyle 
Apple (being similar to Angophora subvelutina, or Apple of the Colonists). 
E. acmenioides or the White Mahogany; often mistaken for the Stringy 
Bark (2. obliqua, capitella, etc.), but the bark is not so fibrous, nor the leaves 
so oblique, whilst the specific gravity of the wood is much greater; found 
near the coast; timber useful for building purposes, palings, ete.; when nicely 
planed, has an ornamental appearance. 
E. robusta is the Swamp Mahogany, a very large tree; over 100 feet, and 5 
diameter; in low marshy places; seed-vessel more than one-half an inch long, 
the capsule deeply sunk; in young trees the leaves are large and glossy. The 
wood is not considered durable, though people differ in opinion; used for 
cough furniture and inside work, ship-building, wheelwrights, and for mallets, 
ete. 
E. botryoides is the Bastard Mahogany of workmen; it grows in sandy places 
near the sea. A tree of gnarled and crooked growth of no great height; used 
for fuel, knees, etc., of vessels. 
E. resinifera, often called Red and Forest Mahogany; the-first name is taken 
from the color of the wood, the other from being found in forestsremote from 
the coast. The wood is very strong and durable, and is used extensively for 
fencing, beams, rafters and rough work; specimens of sound wood that had 
been fifty-four years in a church were taken down and sent to the Paris 
Exposition. 
E. corymbosa, or Bloodwood, from the color of the resin that exudes from 
between the concentric circles; inland species; 120 feet; for fences and fire- 
wood; of rapid growth; the wood is soft, especially in young trees; becomes 
* This we take to be the far-famed fire-proof shingle tree; sparks can only burn a hole 
through, but it will neither flame nor spread; splits to a charm. 
