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and shady foliage, attaining a height of 120 feet. Specific gravity 
of wood, 0-898 to 0*935. The bark yielded of tannic acid 16*9 
per cent., and of gallic acid 3*6 per cent. Weight of dry wood 
per cubic foot, 56 to 58 lbs. (Jurors' Report , 1866.) 
109. Eupomatia laurina, R. Brown. 
Natural Order — Anonacece . 
Occurring only in the most eastern part of Gippsland, where 
the tree attains the height of 40 feet. (F. Mueller.) 
110. Exocarpus eupressiformis, Labillardiere. 
NATIVE CHERRY-TREE. Natural Order— San- 
talacece . 
Widely distributed over the more fertile open ridges and 
through both barren and fertile forest ranges. A small or middle- 
sized tree. Wood suitable, from the closeness of its structure, for 
many of the purposes of the cabinetmakers and turners. It is 
soft, fine-grained timber, and the best for carving. (Lockhart 
Morton.) It is also used for tool-handles, spokes, gun-stocks, 
etc. (W. Archer, in Tasmanian Report , 1862.) Specific gravity 
of wood (Victorian specimen), 0*756 to 0*845. Weight of a cubic 
foot of dry wood, from 47 to 53 lbs. 
hi. Exocarpus spartea, R. Brown . 
In the desert country on the Murray River. Of weeping habit. 
Specific gravity, 0*813. 
1 12. Exocarpus stricta, R. Brown. 
Through the greater part of the colony. Rather of shrubby 
than arboreous growth. 
1 1 3. Fagus Cunninghami, Hooker. 
THE EVERGREEN BEECH, sometimes called 
NATIVE MYRTLE TREE. Natural Order— 
Cupuliferce. 
In the most secluded recesses of the mountains, from Dande- 
nong to Mount Baw-Baw, on the various remote sources of the 
