QUEEN-WOOD— REDWOOD 261 



Mahogany-colour, smooth, and close - grained. Used for furni- 

 ture. 



Queen-wood (Daviesia arborea W. Hill. : Order Leguminosce). 

 North-Eastern Australia. Height 15 — 30 ft. ; diam. 6 — 12 in. 

 Streaked with pink, hard, close-grained, susceptible of a fine 

 polish. An excellent cabinet-wood. The name is also applied to 

 Piptadenia rigida. See Angieo. 



Ranai {Alseoddphne semicarpifoUa IN'ees : Order Laurdcem), 

 Ceylon. W 63. Large and heavy. Useful for beams, house- and 

 boat-building. 



Raspberry Jam. See Myall (iii). 



Rassak or Russoek {Vdtica Bdssak Blume: Order Diptero- 

 carpdcece). Borneo. W 54. Light yellowish, becoming dark- 

 red on exposure, heavy, coarse-grained, durable. Used for piles, 

 house-building, etc. 



Rata {Metrosidiros rohusta, A. Cunn: Order Myrtdcece), New 

 Zealand. " Northern Eata." Height 60—100 ft. ; diam. 3—4 ft. 

 S.G. 1,228 when fresh, 786 when seasoned. Often 30—40 ft. to 

 lowest branch, and yielding timber 20 — 50 ft. long, squaring 

 1 — 2i ft. Red, very heavy, hard, close-grained, strong, easy to 

 work, durable. Used in ship-building and for railway- waggons. 



Rata, Southern [Metrosidiros lucida A. Bich.). New Zealand. 

 " Ironwood." Yielding timber 20—50 ft. long, and 1—4 ft. diam. 

 S.G. 1,045. W 63—71. p 196. Red, very hard, strong, and 

 durable. Used for ship-building, bridges, sleepers, and wheel- 

 wrights' work. 



Redwood, a name variously appHed: (i) in the EngHsh timber 

 trade to Dantzic Fir {Pinus syMstris) [See Northern Pine] ; (ii) in 

 Austraha to Eucalyptus piperita [See Peppermint (vi)] ; (iii) in 

 Cape Colony to Ochna arborea Burch. (Order Ochndcem), Known 

 also as '' Cape Plane." Boer " Roodhout." Zulu " Umtensema." 

 Height 20—30 ft. ; diam. IJ— 2 ft. Red, hard, strong, durable. 

 Used for waggon-building and furniture, and suitable for engraving. 



Redwood, Andaman. See Padouk. 



Redwood, Californian {Sequoia sempervirens Endl. : Order Taxo- 

 dineoe), Californian coast. Qerm, '' Immergrixn Sequoie." " Eiben 

 Cypresso." Ital. '' II Legno rosso di California." Height 180— 

 250 or 300 ft. ; often 75—100 ft. to lowest branch ; diam. 12—20 

 ft. S.G. 421. W 24-25—29. Sapwood light orange to dark amber, 

 very soft and light, scentless ; heart maroon to terra-cotta or deep 

 brownish-red, darkening on exposure, light, soft, brittle, close- 

 but short-grained, not strong, without resin-ducts, very easily 

 spht, so that planks can be made from it without the use of the 



