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FOXWORTHY. 
RED EUCALYPTUS WOODS. 
Ill addition to the points already mentioned, the red Eucalyptus woods 
frequently have two- or three-layered pith-rays. The yellowish crystalline 
substance in the cells seems to be sometimes only sparingly present. Cal- 
cium oxalate seems to be wanting. Chips coloring alcohol or water, the 
latter more darkly red, without the content of the cells being noticeably 
dissolved ; it remains unchanged in boiling water and is only dissolved 
when quicklime is added. The unchanged contents of the cells deeply 
blackened by iron chloride. 
Of Eucalyptus species with red wood, the following are to be placed 
here : 
Eucalyptus crebra F. v. Mueller. Ironbark in New South Wales, Queensland 
and north Australia. 
Eucalyptus marginata Sm. The jarrah or bastard mahogany. 
West Australia; cultivated in British India. 
Wood hard, sapwood white, heartwood red. Pores small, scanty, scat- 
tered unevenly, but chiefly in pale concentric bands. Pith-rays very 
fine, very numerous. Heavy construction work, piling. 
Gamb. 353; Van Eed. 133; Stone 114; Stevenson 250-254. 
Eucalyptus rostrata Selil. Bed gum, West Australia. 
Eucalyptus resinifera Smith. Forest-mahogany, West Australia. 
Stone 115. 
Very many other species are used, but those mentioned are said to be the 
ones most commonly exported. Many of these woods seem to have proved quite 
durable for street paving in temperate regions. 
Eugenia. Plate XXIX, fig. 89. Wood rough, moderately hard to 
very hard, seasons well, usually reddish- or grayish-brown. Pores small 
to moderate-sized, more or less arranged in concentric bands, sometimes 
joined by pale tissue of large wood cells. Pith-rays fine, numerous. A 
very large number of species, which are very difficult to distinguish. 
The timbers are usually good, and some are exceptionally so, and can be 
used for house or ship building. In the Philippines, woods of this genus 
are known as macaasin or malaruhat. In the Federated Malay States, 
they are known as Tcayu Idat. Some very fine and some rather indifferent 
woods belong to the genus; but, as yet, I have not been able to properly 
classify them. Many of the species of Eugenia are of very scattered oc- 
currence and do not grow to unusual size, consequently they are not a 
very considerable factor in the market. 
Ridl. 175-178; Phil. Woods 387; Newton 5; Gard. 61. 
Eugenia caryophyllaea Wight. 
Van Eed. 134; Gamb. 359; Nord. VII ( Myrtus caryophyllata L.) ; K. & V. 
6:101-104. 
Eugenia jambolana Lam. Jaman (Hind.). 
Van Eed. 135; Gamb. 361, tab. VIII, fig. 2; Nord. VII; K. & V. 6:132-136. 
