784 NOTES ON THE NATIVE FLORA OF NEW SOUTH WALES, IL, 



called thistle or Mexican Poppy), Capfaris Jlitchelli, Lindl. 

 (Wild Orange), Ajjopkyllum anomalum, F.v.M. (Currant, Emu, or 

 Warrior-bush), Pittosporum phillyrceoides, DC, Lavatera sp. 

 (Mallow), Stercidia diver si folia, G. Don (Currajong), Geijera 

 parvijlora, Ventilago viminalis^ Hook. (Supple Jack, seen only 

 near Tycannah and east of Moree), Atalaya hemiglauca, F.v.M. 

 ( Whitewood, seen only near Tycannah), Heterodendron olecefoliiim, 

 Dodoncea sp., Swainsona sp., Acacia peiidida, A. Cunn. (Myall), 

 A. harpoj^hylla, A. Oswaldi, E.v.M., A. stenophylla, A. Cunn. 

 (w^ith very long narrow leaves, and growing along the banks of 

 streams), Angophora iyitermedia, DC. (Apple Tree, seen only 

 near Narrabri), Loranthus sp. (growing on Acacia 2)endida), 

 Canthium oIeifoliu7n, Helipterum anthemoides, DC, Ahtonia con- 

 stricta, F.v.M. (Quinine or Bitter Bark), Lyonsia sp., Eremophila 

 Mitchelli, Grevillea striata^ R.Br. (Beefwood), Casua7'ina Lueh- 

 manni, C. Cambagei, Santalum lanceolatum (1), Exocarjms 

 aphylla, R.Br. (?), and Callitris rohusta. 



Grevillea striata is the well-known Beefwood of the Upper 

 Darling country, and is distinct from the Beefwood {Stenocarpus 

 saligmcs, R.Br.) of the coastal area, though both belong to the 

 same natural order, viz., Proteacese. A peculiarity of this order, 

 though not actually confined to it, is that many of its genera pro- 

 duce plants with conspicuous medullary rays in the wood. In 

 both the coastal and interior Beef woods this feature is pro- 

 nounced, giving to the timber a very pretty grain, and it is this 

 streaked marking, together with the colour of the wood, that has 

 suggested the vernacular name in each case. In the north- 

 western districts the timber of Hakea leif,coptera, R.Br. (Needle- 

 wood), is very similar in appearance to that of Grevillea striata, 

 and when the bark (which would afford a ready means of identi- 

 fication) is removed from billets cut from trees of equal size, it is 

 a matter of extreme difficult}' from observation alone to separate 

 the species. 



The genus Grevillea, though numerically rich in species, is 

 usually represented by shrubs, but G. striata is one of the excep- 

 tions, and in New South Wales is commonly a tree from 30 to 



