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fruit is certainly similar to that of E. resinifera, wanting, however, the broadish outer ring around its 
orifice, characteristic of the typical E. resinifera, while the lateral veins of the leaves are not quite so 
transversely spreading as in either. If really specifically distinct, the tree might be named E. Kirtoniana 
in honour of its discoverer. 
In 1S89 the late Rev. Dr. Woolls first drew my attention to this plant,—a 
fine tree growing at Concord, near the Parramatta River. He looked upon it as a 
possible hybrid between E. resinifera and E. robusta. The fruits are subcylindrical 
and the valves not much exserted even when quite ripe, the likeness to those of 
E. robusta being thus evident. Its bark is harder than that of normal resinifera , 
and the venation precisely that of E. Kirtoniana and patentinervis. 
The fruit rim, while often flat, is not always so, being sometimes domed, 
connecting it, in this respect, with other forms of E. resinifera. 
Botanical Name. — Eucalyptus, already explained, p. 34. Resinifera, from 
two Latin words, signifying “ resin-hearing,” and given by the original describer 
owing to the circumstances described at p. 64. As a matter of fact the present 
species is by no means a free yielder of “resin” (kino). In the early days of New 
South Wales particulars of the properties of many of our trees could be obtained 
with difficulty. Particularly was this the case with a genus like Eucalyptus, which 
even now affords abundant difficulty. My vieAV is that the reference to it “ from 
this tree large quantities of resinous juice are obtained, sometimes even more than 
60 gallons from a single tree ” refers not to a Eucalyptus at all, but to an 
Angophora (A. lanceolata ), which was abundant around the first settlement of 
Port Jackson. 
Yernacular Names. —This is the timber called Mahogany, because it 
reminded the early settlers of the Central American wood, which is, however, of 
much less weight than our timber. Our timber-getters and saw-millers as often as 
not call it simply “ Mahogany,” but, in view of the better known Mahogany so 
largely used in the northern hemisphere, it would only lead to confusion if our 
timber were exported without some qualifying adjective. I would, therefore, 
express the hope that it would be consistently called, by way of distinction (at all 
events in the export trade), “ Red Mahogany,” a term which is, of course, very 
largely applied in the State to this timber. “ Eorest Mahogany” is a term often 
used. This timber is often simply known as Mahogany. A large-fruited form of 
the tree from the Olney Eorest Reserve (Brisbane Water district) locally goes under 
the name of Mountain Mahogany. In Queensland it is often called “ Jimmy 
Low,” after the late Mr. James Low, of Maroochie River, a locality for some of the 
finest specimens in that State. 
Aboriginal Names. — “ Torumba ” was the name in use by the Port 
Jackson natives, about 1807, according to Caley. 
It was called “ Booah ” by the aborigines of the counties of Cumberland 
and Camden, according to the late Sir William Macarthur. 
