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Synonyms.— 
1 . E. longicornis , Sm. According to specimens in Serb. Melb. 
2. E. hemilampra , F.v.M. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii, 85 (1859). 
3. E. pellita , F.v.M. Fragm. iv, 159. 
4. E. spectabilis, F.v.M. Fragm. v, 45. 
5. E. resinifera, Sm., var. brachycorys. 
(The first four synonyms represent large-fruited forms of the species,—var. 
grandiflora, Benth.) 
6 . E. Kirtonianct, F.v.M. 
7. E. patentinervis , B. T. Baker. 
(These are two synonyms of E. resinifera , Sm., var. Kirtoniana, Deane and 
Maiden.) 
The name resinifera was used very loosely, almost in a generic sense by old 
writers; for example, the plate E. resinifera of a celebrated work (Hayne’s Arznei 
Gewachse, Vol. x, Plate v, 1825) is a plate of E. tereticornis , Sm., with separate 
fruits of E. corymbosa, Sm. 
Leaves. —There is a reference to oil being obtained from the leaves in the 
Eericht, April, 1893, of Schimmel & Co., of Leipsic, p. 38. 
A bright yellow product, the odour of which strongly resembles the Australian oils of commerce. 
Rich in cineol (eucalyptol). 
According to Gladstone,* the oil consists principally of a hydro-carbon smelling turpentine oil ; 
Schimmel & Co., however, found in it much cineol. An oil, coming from Portugal and probably obtained 
from E. resinifera, had the sp. gr. 0'893, and the rotatory power a D = — 17° 8'. It was not soluble in 70 
and 80 per cent, alcohol, and contained besides cineol (iodol reaction) also phellandrene.f (“The 
Volatile Oils,” Gildemeister & Hoffman : trans. Kremers.) 
In the oil of Eucalyptus patentinervis small quantities of citral were detected and identified by the 
production of citryl fi naphto-cinchoninic acid. The same oil appears to contain also linalool or geraniol, 
partly as an ester. (Schimmel & Co.’s Report, April-May, 1901, page 34.) 
Fruit. —The fruits vary much in size and to some extent in sculpture. This 
is brought out, to some extent, in the drawing. 
Bark .—Of a flaky-fibrous character, intermediate between those barks 
known in Australia as Peppermint and Stringybark. 
Timber. —Of a rich red colour. Very durable, and becoming very hard 
with age, even as hard or harder than Ironbark, and a nail cannot be driven into it 
without splitting it. Used for knees at Laurieton. No good for knees in sweaty 
situations (Mr. Kenny, Cundletown). Especially hard to cut with pit saw. Used 
for posts and rails. Yet Mr. Breckenridge, at Failford, says that the timber was 
not considered of much account in the Cape Hawke district until the demand for 
wood-blocks set in. 
* Journ. Chem. Soc., 17, p. 1 ; Jahresb. f. Chemie., 1863, p. 541. 
t Bericht von Schimmel A Co., October, 1898, p. 26. 
