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important applications, and forms one of the best materials 
for treenails, and for working into large screws in this and other 
mechanical arts. ( Jurors* Report , 1866.) Specific gravity of 
wood, 1*081 to 1*125. There is a sample of kino from this 
species in the Museum. Weight of a cubic foot of dry wood, 
from 67 to 70 lbs. 
94 . Eucalyptus obliqua, L Here tier. 
MESSMATE STRINGYBARK TREE. ( Sect. Pachy - 
phloicE .) 
In vast masses, constituting the prevalent timber on the more 
barren ranges in nearly all parts of our territory. A large, often a 
gigantic tree, the largest ranging from 300 to 400 feet in height. 
(F. Mueller.) Bark very thick, rugged, and fibrous. Timber hard, 
straight-grained. Although of an inferior class, it is used for a 
great variety of building purposes notwithstanding some liability 
to warp or twist. It splits with facility, affording posts, rails, and 
palings for fencing, also shingles for roofing. (Jurors' Report , 
1866.) Supplies a good deal of second-class sawn timber in the 
market. Specific gravity of wood, 0*809 to 0*990. The paper 
prepared from the bark of this tree is not merely suited for 
packing, but also for printing, and even writing. It may also be 
employed for mill and pasteboards. The pulp bleaches readily. 
The bark is used for thatching in the Australian bush. Samples 
of wood-spirit, acetic acid, tar, and charcoal, prepared at the 
Phytochemical Laboratory, under the direction of Baron von 
Mueller, are in the Museum. Weight of a cubic foot of dry wood, 
from 50 to 60^3 lbs. 
95 - Eucalyptus odorata, Behr. 
One of the PEPPERMINT-TREES. (Sect. Rhyti- 
phloias.) 
In the coast-limestone formation towards the South Australian 
boundary ; also in South-east Gippsland. Not a large tree. 
96 . Eucalyptus oleosa, F. v. Mueller. 
( Sect. Hemiphloicz.) 
WATER-ROOTED GUM-TREE. WEIR-MALLEE, 
In the Mallee scrub. A shrub or small tree, the bark of the trunk 
rough and persistent; that of the branches smooth. The essential 
oil, of which the yield is large, is employed chiefly in the manufac- 
ture of varnishes. It is a perfect solvent of Indiarubber without 
