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Botanical Name. — Eucalyptus, already explained (see Part II, p. 31); 
capitellata , Latin, “a little head” or the “top of plants.” In botany, capitellate, 
signifying that the flowers are without individual stalklets, and so form themselves 
into a head. This will he seen from the drawing. 
Vernacular Names. —As a very general rule, this tree is known merely as 
Stringybark. “ Bed Stringybark ” is a name sometimes applied to this species in 
this State, in allusion to the darker colour of the wood as compared with that of 
E. eugenioicles. It also goes under the name of “ Broad-leaved Stringybark.” It 
is the “Mountain Stringybark” of Victoria (A. W. Howitt). J. E. Smith (following 
White) called it “Brown Gum-tree.” Messrs. Baker and Smith have suggested the 
name “Brown Stringybark” for this species, and the name is as good as any. 
Aboriginal Names. —“Yangoora” is a name given to E. capitellata and 
E. macrorrhyncha indiscriminately by the Gippsland aborigines, according to Howitt. 
The late Sir William Macarthur informed us that “ Dthah-Dthaang ” was the name 
given to E. capitellata by the blacks of the Illawarra district, and “Ngneureung” 
by those of the Brisbane Water district, while “ Bour-rougne ” was the name given 
by those of the Camden district (perhaps, however, to one of the forms intermediate 
between E. eugenioicles and capitellata ). 
Leaves. —Messrs. Baker and Smith ( Research on the Eucalypts ) report:— 
Species. 
Whence 
Collected for 
Oil. 
Specific Gravity 
at 15° C. 
Specific 
Rotation [a] D , 
Saponification 
Number. 
Solubility 
in 
Alcohol. 
Constituents 
found. 
capitellata 
Canterbury, 
N.S.W. 
0-9175 
4 4-8° 
4-27 
1 vol. 80% 
Eucalyptol, 
pinene, 
phellandrene, 
sesquiterpene. 
Bark. —Often very thick and fibrous, a typical Stringybark, the rough bark 
sometimes extending to all but the smallest branches. Sometimes the trees have a 
thinner, more sub-fibrous bark, with the upper portion of the trunk and limbs 
smooth. 
Timber. —Brown or reddish-brown when fresh, drying to a paler colour. 
A good timber for splitting, and hence much used for posts, rails, buildings (formerly 
for shingles), and fuel. It is tough, strong, and durable. 
Exudation. —It yields a kino belonging to my Ruby group, and alike 
soluble in water and in alcohol. 
Size. —A medium-sized tree as a rule, say 50 feet high, with a diameter of 
of 2 feet to 2 feet 6 inches. 
Range. —This species is confined to New South Wales, Victoria, and South 
Australia. 
