92 OF WOOD IN GENERAL. 



employed locally ; but the Stringy-bark of Tasmania (Eucalyptus 

 obliqua) and the Blue Gums (E. GUbulus in Tasmania and E. 

 botryoides in Victoria) have been proved suitable both for beams 

 and planks. Other dense timbers are employed mainly for beams 

 and keelsons, such as the Mora of Demerara (Dimorphdndra Mora, 

 or Mora excelsa), Tewart (Eucalyptus gomphocSphala) of West 

 Australia, Iron-bark (E. siderophldia) of Queensland and New 

 South Wales, and Sabicu (LysUdma Sdbicu) of Cuba. Chow, 

 or Menkabang Penang (Casuarina equisetifdlia) from Borneo, 

 the " Cedre" of the Seychelles, though a heavy wood, is 

 mainly employed for masts, as are also the Poon, Tatamaka, 

 or Alexandrian Laurel of India (Calophyllum Inophyllum), 

 which is known as "Phung-nyet" in the Andaman Islands, 

 as "Domba" in Sinhalese and as Penago, Panagah, Pingow, 

 or Borneo Mahogany in Borneo, the Peroba branca(&i^a gonocdrpa) 

 of Brazil; and, still more, such soft woods as Riga Fir (Pinus 

 sylvestris), Yellow Pine (P. Str6bus\ Oregon or Douglas Fir 

 (Pseudotsuga Dougldsii), the unequalled Kauri Pine of New Zealand 

 (Agathis austrdlis), and the Huon Pine of Tasmania (Dacrydium 

 Franklinii). For this purpose a certain elasticity is requisite, 

 resistance, that is, to wind. Other coniferous woods are of more 

 general use, such as Dantzic Fir (Pinus sylvdstris), the Totara 

 (Podocdrpus Tdtara) and Tanakaha (P. asplenifolius) of New Zea- 

 land, the Moreton Bay Pine (Araucdria Cunninghdmi), mostly for 

 spars, Red Pine (Pinus resindsa) and Pitch Pine (P. pahistris), 

 which serve equally for spars and for planking. Other species, 

 mainly on account of their dimensions, are chiefly employed in 

 boat-building, such as the Black or Cypress Pine (Cdllitris robusta), 

 the Oyster Bay Pine (C. rhomboidea) and the Bermuda "Cedar" 

 (Juniperus bermudidna) among conifers ; and European and Ameri- 

 can Elm, Jarrah (Eucalyptus margindta) and Red Gum (E. rostrdta), 

 Pynkado or Pyengadu (Xylia dolabrifdrmis), which is the Iron- 

 wood of Pegu and the Acle of the Philippines, Anan (Fagrwa 

 frdgrans), Gumbar (Gmelina arbdrea), Sundri (Heritiera Uttordlis), 

 and the Brazilian Camara (Geissospermum VelUsii) among hard 

 woods. Some timbers are most valuable for compass timbers, 



