STAVEWOOD— STRINGYBARK 27^ 



land. Japanese " Yezo-matsu, Kuro-matsu." Height 120 — 130 ft. 

 Very ligM and soft. Much, used in Yeso for carpentry. 



Stavewood {Stercula fdetida L. : Order StercuUdcece). Deccan, 

 Ceylon, Burma, East Tropical Africa, Moluccas, and, though doubt- 

 fully native, North Australia, and cultivated in Tropical America. 

 Known also as " Horse Almond, Bastard Poon," or " Fetid Ster- 

 culia." Beng, " Jangli badam." Tamil " Pinnari." Exported 

 from Cayenne as " Bois puant." Height to first branch 50 ft. ; 

 diam. 3 — 4 ft. W 26 — 33. Whitish, grey, or reddish-brown, 

 generally soft, open -grained, and of little use ; but said to be used 

 for spars for small vessels. The name is also appMed in Australia 

 to other little-used woods. 



Stinkwood {OcoUa hulldta ^eniuh^ — Laurus bulldta Burch== 

 Oreoddphne bulldta Nees : Order Laurdcem). South Africa. Known 

 also as " Hard-black Stinkwood, Cape Walnut," or " Laurel- 

 wood." Height 50—70 ft.; diam. 3—4 ft. W 50 8—51-75- 

 Golden-brown, often mottled and resembling Walnut, sometimes 

 iridescent, giving o:ff a strong peculiar odour when worked, very 

 tough, and considered httle inferior to Teak in strength and dura- 

 bihty. Used in house- and waggon-building, for gun-stocks, and 

 furniture ; but now very scarce. 



Stinkwood, Camdeboo {OeUis Kraussidna Bernh. : Order XJlmd- 

 cece). South Africa. Known also as " Soft Grey Stinkwood." 

 Zulu " Umounari." Height 20 ft, ; diam. 2 ft. W 49*25—53. 

 Dark greenish, beautifully veined, very heavy, close-grained, liable 

 to warp. Used in waggon-building and furniture. 



Stinkwood, Red. See Almond, Wild. 



Stringybark, a name, obviously descriptive, applied in various 

 districts of Australia to a good many different species of Eucalyptus 

 (Order Myrtdcecs), especially (i) E, rohusta [See Mahogany, Swamp], 

 (ii) E. SieheridTia [See Gum, Cabbage], (iii) E. Stuartidna [See Gum, 

 Apple-scented], (iv) E. macrorrhyncha, (v) E. ohliqua, and (vi) E. 

 acmenioides. 



(iv) E, macrorrhyncha F. v. M. South-East Australia. Known 

 also as Ironbark. Aborig. " Yangoora." Height 50—100 ft. ; 

 diam. 2— 4| ft. S.G. 1,060—809. W 63-5. Tensile strength 

 11^700—23,400 lbs. per sq. m. Light-brown, generally tinged with 

 deeper red-brown, sometimes figured with yellow and brown stripes, 

 hard, strong, close-grained, tough, easily split, tearnig under the 

 plane, capable of a good polish, durable, furnishing a fair fuel. 

 Used for fencing, flooring, wheelwright's work, and house-carpentry, 

 but suitable for furniture. 



(v) E. obliqua L'Her. Tasmania and South-East Australia. 

 Known also as '' Black " or '' Ironbark Box," and m Victoria, from 

 its resemblance to, and association with, E, macrorrhyncha, as 



