Eucalyptus paniculata
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Eucalyptus paniculata, Smith. White Ironbark. Red Ironbark. Tall or medium-sized tree: bark hard, persistent, deeply furrowed, of a grayish brown color: lvs. lanceolate, acuminate, 3-5 in. long: fls. in panicles or sometimes in axillary umbels; lid variable; stamens 2-4 lines long, the outer ones sterile; stigma dilated: fr. truncate-ovate, pedicelled, 2-4 lines wide, with thin rim. Summer. F.v.M. Eucal. 5:8. Maiden, Crit. Rev. Eucal. 57 (figs. 8-21).—Wood usually very pale, but variable; the hardest of ironbarks; "cuts almost like horn:" valuable for railroad-ties, fencing, and building purposes. Does not endure heat and drought: much prized in Austral., but trees in Calif. are not promising. CH
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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