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capable of being converted into a coarse paper; 100 lbs. of leaves 
gave 1 6 oz. 7 drs. of essential oil. Weight of a cubic foot of dry 
wood, from 63 )/ 2 to 68^2 lbs. (Baron von Mueller.) 'This tree is 
rich in kino. 
91 . Eucalyptus longifolia, Link and Otto. 
THE WOO LI A' BUTT-TREE. (Sect. Hemiphlom,) 
Occurs in the E. portion of Gippsland. A tall, stately tree. 
Bark rough, fibrous, persistent, or partially deciduous. (F. 
Mueller.) Somewhat smooth, or fibrous and wrinkled, according 
to the size of the tree. (Woolls.) This timber bears a high 
character for durability when used for fencing purposes. For 
posts, it is said to stand undecayed in the ground for twenty 
years. The wood is esteemed an excellent fuel. It is sometimes 
split for fencing and rough carpenter’s work. A beautiful solid 
wood, yet easily worked and well adapted for furniture. (Jurors' 
Report , 1866.) The Woollybutt grown at Illawarra is in very 
high repute for wheelwrights’ work. (Sir W. Macarthur.) The 
fibre of the bark is adapted for packing paper. Specific gravity 
of wood, 1*187. The yield of essential oil from 100 lbs. of leaves, 
which had suffered in transit, was 3 oz. 3^ drs. Weight of a 
cubic foot of dried wood, about 68*4 lbs. 
92 . Eucalyptus maerorrhyncha, F. v. Mueller. 
The ordinary Victorian STRING YB ARK-TREE. 
In dry ranges at lower elevations than the usually taller Mess- 
mate Stringybark. The wood is hard and easily split into 
shingles, palings, and rails, and much sawn into weatherboards 
and scantlings for rough building purposes. The bark is more 
lasting than that of E. obliqua for roofing. (F. v. M.) 
93 . Eucalyptus melliodora, Cunningham. 
Y EL IX) W-B OX. ( Sect. Hemiphloicc.) 
Especially in the S.E. and E. ranges of the colony on low open 
ridges particularly of the miocene formation. Yields a valuable 
timber of a light colour and greasy nature, which is remarkable 
for the hardness and closeness of its grain, its great strength and 
tenacity, and its durability both in the water and when placed in 
the ground. It is largely used by coachmakers and wheelwrights 
for the naves of wheels and for heavy framing, and by millwrights 
for the cogs of wheels. In shipbuilding it has numerous and 
