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Eucalyptus piperita, Smith. 



New South Wales and Gippsland, often termed White Stringy- 

 bark-tree. It grows to a considerable height, and its stem attains a 

 diameter of four feet. The wood is fissile, and used for the same 

 purposes as that of other Stringybark -trees. The foliage is rich in 

 volatile oil. All Eucalypts with strong-scented foliage are useful as 

 insecticides; the fresh leaves also purify the air of unsalubrious 

 dwellings and hospitals. 



Eucalyptus Planchoniana, F. v. Mueller. 



South-Queensland and Northern part of New South Wales. A tree 

 to about 100 feet in height, the stem reaching 3 feet in diameter. The 

 foliage is dense. Timber sound, heavy, hard and durable, well 

 adapted for sawing, but not easy to split (Bailey). 



Eucalyptus platyphylla, F. v. Mueller. 



Queensland. Regarded by the Rev. Julian Tenison- Woods as one 

 of the best of shade-trees, and seen by him to produce leaves 

 sometimes 1^ feet long and 1 foot wide. This tree is available for 

 open exposed localities, where any kinds of trees from deep forest- 

 valleys would not thrive. It is closely allied to E. alba from Timor. 

 The timber is curly and durable. 



Eucalyptus polyanthema, Schauer.* 



South-Eastern Australia. Generally known as Red Boxtree. A 

 tree attaining a height of 150 feet; it furnishes an extremely hard 

 and lasting timber, in great demand for mining purposes and railway- 

 sleepers, also for wheelwrights' work. For fuel this wood is unsur- 

 passed. It is extremely strong, excelling oak and ash, surpassed 

 among Eucalypts in transverse strength, according to our experiments, 

 only by E. Leucoxylon and E. siderophloia. 



Eucalyptus populifolia, Hooker. 



The "Bembil" or Shining-leaved Box-Eucalyptus. Dry inland- 

 portions of Eastern Australia. Height not above 50 feet; but stem- 

 diameter to 3 feet. Leaves deciduous for a short time in the year. 

 Likes humid underground. Wood used for posts, handspikes, levers 

 and other articles needing toughness; proved to be very durable 

 (Bailey). 



Eucalyptus punctata, De Candolle.* 



The Leatherjacket or Hickory-Eucalypt of New South Wales. A 

 beautiful tree, attaining a height of 100 feet or more, of rather quick 

 growth, thriving even in poor soil. The wood is of a light-brown 

 color, hard, tough and very durable; used for fence-posts, railway- 

 sleepers, wheelwrights' work, also for ship-building (Woolls). 



Eucalyptus Raveretiana, F. v. Mueller.* 



Vernacularly known as Grey- or Iron-Gumtree. Queensland. A tree 

 of the largest size, attaining a height of 300 feet and a stem-diameter 

 of 10 feet ; delights in the immediate vicinity of rivers or swamps. 



