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88. Eucalyptus incrassata, Labillardiere . 
f.SW'/. Leiophloice.) 
One of the Mallee shrubs. A shrub or small tree, with a 
smooth bark, persistent, or shedding in large patches. 
89. Eucalyptus largiflorens, F. v. Mueller. 
( E . bicolor , ^4. Cunn.) 
One of the BOX-TREES, also known as BASTARD- 
BOX. ( Sect. Hemiphloice.) 
In the Mallee scrub, and generally in the N.W. portion of 
Victoria. A large shrub, or sometimes a tree of 30 to 40 feet, 
with a persistent ash-grey or blackish bark. Wood very hard and 
exceedingly durable ; good for shafts, poles, cogs, etc. (Woolls.) 
Timber redder, closer, softer, and more easily worked than the 
generality of Ironbarks ; highly valued. (Moore.) 
90 . Eucalyptus leucoxylon, F. v. Mueller. 
THE IRONBARK TREE, sometimes RED FLOWER- 
ING or BLACK IRONBARK-TREE. (E. 
sideroxylon , A. Cunn. — Sect. Schizophloice.) 
On many of our less fertile ridges, usually indicating an auri- 
ferous country ; gregarious. This is considered the strongest 
wood in our colony. It is much recommended for railway 
sleepers, and extensively used for underground mining work. It 
is very extensively employed for the handles of axes and other 
implements by Victorian manufacturers. A middle or large-sized 
tree, with usually a thick, rough, iron-grey bark, with deep, longi- 
tudinal fissures, which are strikingly characteristic; but with 
smooth whitish bark after the shedding of the outer layers. One 
of the hardest and heaviest of our native woods. It possesses 
great strength and tenacity, and has a close and straight grain, on 
which account it is highly useful to the coachmaker and wheel- 
wright for the poles and shafts of carriages and the spokes of 
wheels. Its greasy nature also renders this wood very serviceable 
to the millwright for the cogs of heavy wheels. It is also valuable 
for many purposes in ship-building, and constitutes one of the 
most imperishable of our timbers. (Jurors' Report , 1S66.J 
Specific gravity, r 106 and ix>24; and yielded — charcoal, 28 per 
cent.; crude wood vinegar, 45 per cent.; and tar, 6 per cent. 
Kino is also largely available from this species. The bark is 
