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Vernacular Names. —Known locally as “ Blackbutt,” less frequently as 
“Peppermint” and “Messmate.” It is the “Blackbutt” of Mr. W. Christie’s 
paper,* and bis “ Specimen No. 11 ” (p. 35) has been preserved. Known all over 
New England as “ Blackbutt.” At Oban it is called “ Bastard Stringybark,” and 
at Emmaville “Messmate” (E. C. Andrews). Sometimes called “ White Top.” 
See “ Timber.” 
It must not be confused with the common Blackbutt ( E. pilularis), while 
there are other Peppermints, even in New England. Perhaps it would be better to 
call it the “ New England Blackbutt or Peppermint.” 
Aboriginal Names.—I know of none. 
Fruits. — Sometimes the fruits are more or less pear-shaped (pyriform). 
The specimens referred to as E. Sieberiana, E.v.M., var. Oxleyensis , Deane 
and Maiden, in the Proceedings, Linnean Society, N.S.W. (xxiii, 794, 1898), for the 
most part belong, in my opinion, to E. Andrewsi. They have smaller fruits, usually 
more pyriform than the type, but in view of the fact that the fruits of typical E. 
Andrewsi vary more than ordinarily as ripening proceeds, it is premature to define 
varieties of E. Andrewsi at present. 
The Cobark and Upper Williams River specimens were referred by Deane 
and Maiden, Proceedings, Linnean Society, N.S. 7V. (xxvi, 123, 1901), to E. fastigata 
(pyriform series). Included with these are some specimens which are indubitably 
regnans (fastigata ), and I would draw attention to the remarkable similarity of 
some specimens of E. Andrewsi to those of some E. regnans. 
Bark. —Sub-fibrous, of the usual Peppermint character. 
Timber .—A pale-coloured timber, somewhat disfigured by gum-veins. Not 
a timber of the first-class. 
Split for palings.—(It. H. Cambage.) 
Timber seemingly preferred to all others for fencing, building, etc.—(J. L. Boorman.) 
[In this connection it may be pointed out that the value of a timber is 
comparative ; the best timber of a district may be inferior to that of another district.] 
Mr. District Forester E. A. Stopford, of Armidale, reports:— 
I am unable to ascertain that it is known by any other name than White Top by the local 
saw-millers and timber-getters, and the reason of its receiving this name is that the bark, when trees are of 
medium size, resembles the bark of White Box, but, as it gains age, the bark becomes darker in shade. 
The timber is much liked by saw-millers, and a large proportion of that used in Glen Innes is of this 
kind, and builders consider it to be excellent; it has also in the past been extensively used for sleepers- 
That it will stand in the ground, though not usually used for piles, is proved from the fact that the blocks 
underneath the goods-shed, at the Glencoe railway station, are ‘‘White Limb”; they have been in the 
ground twenty years, and are quite sound. 
* “The Forest Vegetation of Central and Northern New England in connection with Geological Influences.” Joum. and 
Proc. l\oy. Soc. N.S. IF., xi, 21. 1877. 
