36. FOREST VEGETATION. 
rather a bell vsti _ Hae ae : This tree occu 
thetan MINT. Group ua nits No. 13) ies as 
Rough and wrinkled, similar to that of the apple-tree (Angophera 
subvelutina), but more harsh and solid. Of a dark brown colour, 
slightly fibrous. Wood: Light-coloured, soft, heart reddish- 
brown. It is ees said to nat unfit for use as a timber, 
lanceolate 25 
genie.’ popitin being as much as 6 or 8 inches in many cases) ; 
dark green colour ; midrib well defined ; narrow marginal nerve; 
veins dont petio tiole half an inch to an inch long. Seed- 
vessel: §& : some trivalved and some quadrivalved on same 
The umbels contain four, five, or six florets ; the panes 
timber grows on eosin Soils, as t Ben Lomond ;_ but it is 
formation. On pu rely granitic formation it forms open forests, 
but on the peaben it is generally in combination with yellow box, 
kk. 
peppermint. The bark so much resembles that of the box that 
the tree is spequently mistaken for that timber. It is, however, 
thicker than bark, and on being cut with an axe pieces 
peanaay break off with a conchoidal fracture, owing to the 
unt of sappy substance which it contains. ‘In the grai 
it is posse 17: like peppermint bark. Wood: The wood is ey 
and ae coloured, very _ sock ape Te Le gg RS sgeaploa 
lite aps contains more moisture, ieee 
oe from both the peppermint and ws “i is generally much . 
longer and more lanceolate than either; some are 10 inches 
