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31. E. Planchoniana F.v.M. " Close and fibrous throughout, with a peppermint- 

 iike cast. Some trees, however, are not unlike E. acnienioides and E. microcorys, but 

 the general appearance gives one the impression of being stained with a dirty yellow-clay 

 colour, probably due to the weathering of the outer layer, or to the kino." (W. F. 

 Blakely and D. W. C. Shiress, Copmanhurst district.) 



178. E. platypus Hook. " Contains 25 per cent, tans, and is known as ' Round- 

 leaf Moort.' E. platypus grows 25 feet high, and bears a thin bark. It is found in very 

 dense thickets up to 30 acres, and the range is small, stretching from Gnowangerup 

 eastwards, the eastern boundary not being known. The leather made from this 

 material is the lightest in shade of all the samples tanned/" (H. Salt.) 



244. E. ptychocarpa F.v.M. " Persistent on trunk and branches, dark-coloured, 

 fairly rough, soft and flaky." (W. V. Fitzgerald, Kimberleys.) " Persistent through- 

 out, thick and longitudinally fissured, dark grey. Base of trunk usually black, probably 

 the result of bush-fires." (C. A. Gardner, Kimberleys.) 



218. E. pyrophora Benth. " Persistent and rough, grey." (C. A. Gardner, 

 Kimberleys.) 



132. E. quadranguhta Deane and Maiden. "Whitish, woolly, not unlike that 

 of our interior White Box in texture. Loeally known as ' Scrub Box.' ' (Forest 

 Overseer Mattson, referring to Nundle trees.) 



172. E. redunca Schauer. Brown-grey, decorticating in thin, plate-like strips, 

 the new bark yellow-grey. Harrismith (C. A. Gardner). 



Var. elata Benth. " Commonly called Wandoo, and contains from 16 to 20 

 per cent. tans. It grows to 60 feet high, and carries a bark of f -inch thickness. Stripping 

 is difficult, but the bark is thick enough to be knocked off in large pieces when struck 

 sharply. The extract from this bark is of a deep orange colour." (H. Salt.) 



168. E. rostrata Schlecht. " Smooth white bark." (C. E. F. Allen, Daly Wafers 

 and PowelFs Creek.) ' Thick, silvery white, yellow in fracture, quite smooth." (C. A. 

 Gardner, Kimberleys.) " Containing 16 per cent. tans. About f-inch thick." (H. 

 Salt.) 



89. E. sahnonophloia F.v.M. " Contains from 8 to 13 per cent. tans. The bark 

 is thick, and often has a salmon-pink shade. The wood is of no value for tanning." 

 (H. Salt.) 



184. E. salubris F.v.M. " Contains from 16 to 19 per cent. tans. Bears a thin 

 kino-impregnated bark, brown outside and easily stripped. It gives a full leather of 

 good colour, although penetration is slow. It has been used in local industry where 

 Wattle and Mallet barks have been used, and was found to give an improved colour, 

 with less darkening on exposure. The chief objection to its use was that it gave ropy 

 liquore, a difficulty that might be overcome." (H. Salt.) 



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