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Generally speaking, both the common Jarrah tree and the Salmon Jarrah trees, prior to the plum- 

 pudding stage, are tougher and harder inside than outside ; they are also tougher towards the crown than 

 they are at the butt, and contain more gum-veins and faults, such as more knots between the crown. 



Sometimes both kinds of trees have the following kinds of winds — 



Right-hand 1 in. to full radius; left-hand the same. The trunk is sometimes windy inside and 

 straight-grained outside, and the opposite, as mentioned above. (H. McCoy, Bunbury.) 



E. PATELLARIS F.V.M. 



" A fairly tall tree, like E. mierotheca in habit. Bark dirty grey, wrinkled and 

 cracked, persistent on the trunk and branches." A tropical species, not seen since 

 the type was collected. We know nothing of its timber. 



E. PELLITA F.V.M. 



A tree of 40-50 feet, with a rough dark-grey bark (Dallachy). 

 " Branches smooth." " Glabrous tree." " Woolly bark." " Fibrous bark." 

 " Mahogany." ' " Short, stringy bark." 



E. resinifera Sm. 

 " Forest Mahogany." A large tree, the bark rough and persistent, very rough 

 on the old trees, running right out on to the smaller branches. 



E. robusta Sm. 

 " Swamp Mahogany." A moderate sized tree, bark in furrows, brownish, 

 sub-fibrous, almost soft, scaly. 



E. Kudderi Maiden. 

 A tall tree, attaining a height of over 100 feet. The bark persistent, and like 

 that of E. hemiphloia, but, unlike that tree, extending up to the small branches. 



4. PACHYPHLOI.E (Stringybarks). 



This is one of the most natural of Mueller's groups, but even it may be variously 

 interpreted. With the genuine Stringybarks are sometimes included E. resinifera, 

 particularly in South Queensland, but the fibre is shorter than that of the true 

 Stringybarks. In some States E. obliqua is, for the same reason, called Messmate 

 in some districts, rather than Stringybark, the meaning of the word being that it is 

 associated with, or rather reminiscent of, the true Stringybarks. These are included 

 in barks which do not peel off, as do the Gums and half-barks, but which make 

 provision for the expansion of the stem through growth in another way. Thus the 

 Stringybarks and the Ironbarks belong to this category, and we have but little to say 

 in regard to them. 



In 1859 Mueller simply defined the Pachyphloiee as " Stringybarks." In 1884, 

 as we have seen (Part L, p. 312), he called the Group Inophloise (in which nobody ever 

 followed him), and included in it the ordinary Stringybarks, as well as others 



