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CONTRIBUTIONS TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE 

 FLORA OF AUSTRALIA. 



Part IV. 



By R. T. Baker, F.L.S., Curator and Economic Botanist, 

 Technological Museum, Sydney. 



(Plates xxii.-xxiii.) 



CELASTRINE^. 



El^odendron australe, Ve7it. — This species occurs as far west 

 as Narrabri (W. Bauerlen), thus showing that it belongs to the 

 arid country flora as well as that of the mountain and coast. 



RUTACE^. 



AcRONYCHiA L.EVis, FoTst. — Mt. McKcnzie, Tenterfield (W. 



Bauerlen). 



HHAMNE^. 



Pomaderris ferruginea, Sieb. — Previously recorded from Port 



Jackson to Victoria, but it extends as far north as Tenterfield 



(W. Bauerlen). 



ANACARDIACEJE. 



EuROSCHiNUS FALCATUS, Hook. f. — -Specimens of this species 

 have recently been forwarded to me from Stockton, near New- 

 castle, thus showing it to have a much more southern distribution 

 than previously suspected. In that locality the tree is known as 

 " Rosewood " or " Brown Beech," and grows in poor sandy soil 

 adjacent to salt water. At one time it was very plentiful, but 

 owing to its proximity to settlement it has been much thinned 

 out. The timber has a very decided scent when freshly cut, and 

 is specifically light, porous, and pale-coloured with sometimes a 

 tinge of yellow. It is a splendid working timber, suitable for 

 cabinet work, and is worthy of forest conservation. 



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