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cabinet-work, and, when French-polished, it is not excelled by any of the 

 fancy woods." 



It is the timber chiefly used for posts on the Island, its dura- 

 bility in such a situation being far more than any others. It is 

 used for shafts of vehicles, which is testimony to its strength and 

 toughness. 



Prof. Tate {op. cit. p. 217) also gives Olea paniculata, R.Br., 

 from Norfolk Island. This species occurs in New Caledonia, but 

 without particulars of its collection I do not recommend that it 

 be admitted into the flora of Norfolk Island. 



APOCYNE^. 



67. Melodinus Bauej^i, Eadl., Prod. Norf. 113. — "Big 

 Creeper." 



68. Alyxia Gynopogon, Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. iv. 440, 

 1819; P.V.M., Fragm. viii. 47. (Syn. Alyxia daphnoides, A. 

 Cunn., Bot. Mag. t. 3313 : also A. Forsteri, A. Cunn., Loud. 

 8uppl, 580, teste Endlicher : Gynopogon Alyxia, Forst., Prod, 

 p. 19, " foliis verticillatis quinis obovatis F. Norfolcia? insula." 

 A. Cunn. (Hewardj, quotes Bot. Mag. t. 3313, and gives the 

 habitat " dry shaded woods." 



A. Gynopogon is known on the Island as " Box." 



In figuring A. daphnoides in Bot. Mag. t. 3313, A. Cunningham 

 says : — 



"From A. Gynopogon, however, which Forster first collected on that 

 (Norfolk) Island, this second species differs in being altogether a shrub of a 

 more robust and stiff habit, with rough tomentose brandies and broader 

 leaves, the latter of a uniformly thicker texture. . . . The stigma also 

 is furnished at its summit with a little pencil-like tuft, whereas that of A. 

 Gynopogon ... is perfectly smooth." 



I gave attention to the matter when on the Island, and agree 

 with Mueller (Fragm. viii. 47) that they are not specifically 

 difierent. 



Ochrosia elliptica, Labill. — In early bud and therefore doubtful. 



