304 TWO SPECIES OF EUCALYPTUS PROM EASTERN AUSTRALIA, 



Timber. — Commercially, the timber of this species is very little 

 known, but the experiments so far carried out with the specimens 

 available show it to be one of the best of the Stringybarks. It 

 is closely textured and not easily dressed, being fairly interlocked,^ 

 and more so than its congeners; it is pink or flesh-coloured, and 

 is no doubt a good timber for building purposes, fences, &c. 

 Two pieces 2 feet by 2 inches by 2 inches each were tested 

 for bending stress, (a) broke at 4,400 lbs.; (b) broke at 4,200 lbs. 



Oil. — The yield of oil is small, amounting to 01 55 per cent. 

 It consists largely of a dextro-rotary pinene, and a small per- 

 centage of eucalyptol, about 5 per cent.; whilst no phellandrene 

 could be detected. The oil is thus of no immediate commercial 

 value, but is of scientific interest, in that it contains an acetic 

 acid ester, a partial analysis of which is published in " Research 

 on Eucalypts and their Essential Oils " (Baker and Smith), and a 

 full determination is now in progress, and the results will be 

 published at a later date by Mr. H. G. Smith of this Museum. 



Hob. — Wardell; Dunoon, Richmond River; Lismore (W. 

 Bauerlen). 



This species was originally confounded by me with E. umbra 

 when describing that species in the Society's Proceedings (1901, 

 p. 687). Since publishing that original description, facts have 

 come to light which show that the abnormal leaves and " early 

 fruit " there described and figured under E. umbra are those of 

 this species, otherwise the botanical description and figure of 

 E. umbra (I.e.) are correct, and apply well to the " Coast Bastard 

 White Mahogany." In the work " Eucalypts and their Essential 

 Oils" (Baker and Smith), p.36, these errors are repeated. The 

 " early fruits " were thought at the time to be immature specimens 

 of E. umbra. In general appearance, especially so in bark 

 characters, E. carnea resembles E. nigra, along with which it is 

 found growing (W. Bauerlen), the timber is, however, tinged 

 with pink, giving it a flesh colour, and this feature can be used 

 in Museum specimens to distinguish the timber from other 

 species of Stringybarks. 



