AUSTRALIAN RED MAHOGANY 



Rays. Require the lens : size 5 : uniform and equidistant, 

 much less than the width of the large pores apart : avoiding or 

 interrupted by the pores : very much waved : very numerous, 

 10-12 per mm. ; denser than the ground .tissue. In radial 

 sec. scarcely perceptible : appear as fine, black (or lighter) 

 shining flakes under the lens. In tang, sec, extremely fine 

 blackish lines : scarcely visible with lens, less than o'i mm. high. 



Rings. Bands or zones of few or crowded pores, often in 

 regular rows of oblique straggling lines : often zones of black 

 colour having no relation to the structure : also denser and 

 softer zones of the ground tissue causing contrast in the solid 

 wood : contour waved. 



Soft-tissue. Encircling the pores and compacting the oblique 

 lines. 



Type specimens authenticated by the Forest Officer to the 

 Government of Western Australia. In the figure the Rays 

 appear much too broad. 



No. 99. AUSTRALIAN RED MAHOGANY. 



Eucalyptus resinifera. Sm. 



As Plate VIII. Fig. 65. 



Natural Order. Myrtaceae. 



Synonyms. E. hemilampra. F. v. M. E. ^multifiora. Poir. 



Alternative Names. Red Gum : Jimmy Low in Queensland 

 (12). Red Gum : Forest Mahogany in Queensland and N.S. 

 Wales (85). Red Stringy-bark. (Iron-bark by Laslett (60), 

 possibly in error.) 



Sources of Supply. Australia, New South Wales, Queensland 

 (the Southern parts). 



Physical Characters, etc. Recorded dry-weight, 61-72$ lbs. 

 per cu. ft. Hardness Grade 2, compare Boxwood. No smell 

 or taste when dry. Burns moderately well with much crackling : 

 embers glow in still air. Solution with water and alcohol faint 

 brown. 



Grain. Coarse and open in radial section, much finer in 

 tangential section, cross-grained, sinuous. Surface scarcely 

 bright, the pores dull. 



Bark. " Reddish, fibrous, rough " (5). " Rough, persistent on 

 the trunk, but more or less deciduous on the branches " (85). 



Uses, etc. "Piles, fencing, posts, joists: very durable in the 

 ground " (5). " II resiste au Sea-worm " (92). " Very strong 

 and durable ; used extensively for fencing, beams, rafters and 

 rough carpentry. In building St. John's Church at Parramatta 

 in 1798, rafters of this timber were used, which were found to be 

 quite sound when the church was pulled down in 1852 " (85). 

 It is well spoken of as a paving wood in Sydney. 



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