168 FOREST-TREES OF NEW ZEALAND. 
Ultimate 
strength 
Sp. gr. in lbs. 
Whau (Entelea arborescens, Br., N.O. Tiliacee) °189 32 
VI. Oraco TIMBER 
Black Mapau * (Pittosporum sre ake 
Banks and Sol) . "965 243 
Manuka (Leptospermum riii R Rich.) . 943 239 
Kowai (Sophora tetraptera, Aiton, var. 
grandiflora, Salisb.) ooo oot 207 
Black Birch (Fagus itan Hok f ). SCOTUS. 202 
Miro (Podocarpus spicata, Br.) . . . . "181 197 
Rata (Metrosideros lucida, Menzies) . . . l'045 196 
Red Mapau (Myrsine Urvillei, A. De rd '991 192 
Matai (Podocarpus ferruginea, Don) '658 190 
White Mapau (Carpodetus serratus, Port 
N.O. Sazifrageg) . . "B22 171 
Red Birch (Fagus Mèicitsii, Hock: f y^ vo. CENA 158 
Rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum, Soland.) . :563 140 
Totara (Podocarpus Totara, A. Cunn.) di er 
Hinau biu De ou Vahl, N. O. 
Tiliacee) . 502 125 
Moko (Ar istotelia racemosa, d fo iN. o. 
Tiliaceæ) 593 122 
White Pine Pato daerydioiden, T 
Rich.) '488 106 
Analysing the foregoing table—and classifying the woods therein 
mentioned, according to their ultimate strength, by a scale rising 50 
lbs. in each group—it appears that none of the Otago timbers belong 
to the higher groups (over 400 Ibs.), which, however, include only a 
few trees, whose wood is little known in commerce or the arts, viz. 
Jamaica Ironwood, Black-heart Ebony, and Illawarra Box. Of the 
next group (over 300 lbs.), there is only one representative,—a New 
Zealand wood, however,—the North Island Black Maire. The third 
group (over 250 lbs.) is more largely represented, only, however, by 
* The names eg Maori and kred h 
Balfour in his tables ri and scientific) here used are those employ y 
