YORK GUM 



lax, minute, white lines about o - 5 mm. high, of large cells in a 

 single row. 



Type specimen authenticated by the Forest Officer to the 

 Government of Western Australia. 



No. 102. YORK GUM. Eucalyptus loxophleba. 



Benth. 

 Plate VIII. Fig. 67. 



Natural Order. Myrtaceae. 



Source of Supply. Western Australia. 



Physical Characters, etc. Recorded dry-weight, 64-68 lbs. 

 per cu. ft. Hardness Grade 3, compare Blackthorn. Smell 

 slightly vinegary, if any. Taste, none. Burns very well, with 

 a noisy, crackling flame, which is easily maintained : no ^mell : 

 embers glow in still air and consume away to white ash. Solution 

 with water dirty- yellow : with alcohol similar but fainter. 



Grain. Fine, close, sinuous, mottled. Surface bright with 

 dull rays and pores. 



Bark. "Persistent, rough " (80). " Dark coloured, rugged " 

 (17). -Brown with shallow fissures, of a fibrous nature, though 

 compact, l—i in. thick, moderately adherent. 



Uses, etc. " The very best in Australia for naves and felloes 

 on account of its toughness. Not fissile enough to spilt into 

 rails, and hence is sought after for this reason for general pur- 

 poses " (80). " The best in the Colony for naves, felloes and 

 wheelwright's work — felloes in use for over forty years" (17). 

 "Tough, strong — suitable for engineering and architectural 

 purposes " (61). Very hard to saw, planes indifferently, as 

 the grain picks-up in the wood near the centre. 



Authorities. F. von Mueller (80), p. 7. Laslett (60), p. 25. 

 J. Ednie-Brown (17), p. 23. 



Easily confused with, and difficult to distinguish from all other 

 greyish Eucalypti. 



Colour. Greyish-brown : reddish-brown : " reddish " (17). 

 Sap-wood |-i inch wide, brownish-white : sharply defined from, 

 and much lighter in shade than the heart-wood. 



Anatomical Characters. Transverse section : — 



Pores. Need lens, lack both size and contrast, size 4, rather 

 variable, sometimes one ring all large and another all small ; 

 fairly evenly distributed in an oblique arrangement, but loose 

 and only discernible in some few rings : usually isolated or few 

 together : subdivided groups extremely rare : oblique strings of 

 from 6-7 separated by rays : few, 30-60 per sq. mm. : a little 

 light-coloured resin : appear as mere perforations. 



Rays. Nesd lens, size 5-6, uniform : equidistant, much less 



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