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E. AMYGDALINA Labill. 



Pale, durable, with the limitations referred to. 



E. Andrewsi Maiden. 

 Pale to pale-brown, has gum- veins ; durable. 



Mr. Forest Guard N. Stewart, of Glen Innes, New South Wales, reports : — 



This Blackbutt varies very much in quality according to soil and altitude, as I find that this timber 

 growing on granite formation and at a high altitude is pale in colour and harder than the same timber at 

 a lower altitude on soil of a basaltic formation. Where growing on the latter, the timber is generally of a 

 pale brown colour, denser and heavier than the former, and the bark is of a more fibrous nature. It 

 appears to be very subject to gum-veins, although not to such an extent as to injure the timber. 



E. Consideniana Maiden. 

 Pale-coloured, liable to gum-veins, inferior in durability; resembles E. piperita 



a good deal. 



E. dives Schauer. 



Pale, full of concentric kino veins. 



E. linearis Dehnh. 

 Pale and moderately fissile. This is a true Gum (Leiophloise), and not a Half- 

 bark (Hemiphloise). 



E. numerosa Maiden. 



Pale-coloured, very fissile. Tough when freshly cut, but afterwards of inferior 

 strength. 



E. piperita Sm. 



Pale-coloured, with gum-veins, deficient in strength and durability, and only 

 used in default of better timber. 



E. radiata Sieber. 

 Pale-coloured, moderately fissile and durable. 



E. t^eniola (Black Peppermint of Rodway) Baker and Smith. 

 Moderately fissile. 



B. Mountain Ash — 



E. fraxinoides Deane and Maiden. E. regnans F.v.M. 



E. gigantea Hook. f. E. Sieberiana F.v.M. 



E. oreades R. T. Baker. E. Smithii R, T. Baker. 



As compared with the Peppermints, this section flourishes in colder climates. 

 The timbers are paler, often almost white, and some are remarkably fissile. They are 

 comparatively light in weight, and include some useful furniture woods, particularly 

 for bedrooms. 



To show how puzzling the use of vernacular names is, we have the name Pepper- 

 mint in use also for Brittle-Gums (sub-sections Half-barks and Rough-barks), to mention 

 no others. 

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