322 WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



. E. macrwrliyncha F. v. M. South-east Australia. Known also 

 as Ironbark. Aborig. "Yangoora." Height 50100 ft.; diam. 

 2 4|ft. S.G. 1060809. W 63-5. Tensile strength 11,700 

 23,400 Ibs. per sq. in. Light brown, generally tinged with 

 deeper red-brown, sometimes figured with yellow and brown 

 stripes, hard, strong, close-grained, tough, easily split, tearing 

 under the plane, capable of a good polish, durable, furnishing a 

 fair fuel. Used for fencing, flooring, wheelwright's work and 

 house-carpentry, but suitable for furniture. 



E. olllqua L'Her. Tasmania and South-east Australia. Known 

 also as "Black" or "Ironbark Box," and in Victoria, from its 

 resemblance to, and association with, E. macrorrhyncha, as " Mess- 

 mate." Height 100150 or even 250 300 ft. ; diam. 34 or 

 even 15 ft. S.G. 1045783. W 50-60-5. E 1202 tons. 

 / 4-72. fc 2-9. fs -476. Tensile strength 82008500 Ibs. per 

 inch. Straight-growing, light to dark brown, with a wavy figure 

 near the base, heavy, hard, straight, close and even, but rather 

 coarse in grain, strong, splitting very freely, somewhat liable to 

 shakes and gum-veins, durable. Probably the most generally 

 used of all Eucalypts, being employed for fencing, agricultural 

 implements, joists, flooring, shingles, and for ships' beams and 

 keels. It has been successfully introduced into India, especially 

 in the Nilgiri hills. 



E. acmenioides Schauer. South-east Australia. Known also as 

 White Mahogany" and "Broad-leaved Box." Height 4060 

 ft. ; diam. 1 J 2J ft. S.G. 1066. W 67'25. Heavier and more 

 durable than the preceding, sometimes prettily figured, strong, 

 easily split, with a satiny lustre when planed. Used like the 

 last-mentioned. 



Stringybark, White (i) Eucalyptus pipenta [see Pepper- 

 mint], (ii) E. capitelldta and (iii) E, eugenioides. 



E. capitelldta Sm. Eastern Australia. Known also as " Spotted 

 Gum "and "Peppermint." Aborig. "Yangoora." Height 80 120 

 or 200 ft.; diam. 35 ft. S.G. 838. W 52-26. Moderately 

 heavy, tough, strong, easily split, durable. Used for fencing, 

 house-carpentry and fuel. 



