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MELIACEAE. 
Dysoxylum Fraseranum, Benth.—Pencil Cedar, Rosewood, Mo- 
condie. 
According to Stone, “ Timbers of Commerce,” p. 40, the name of 
pencil cedar ig applied to the wood of this tree, although Maiden 
refrains from its use and contents himself by saying that it is some- 
what like red cedar. Both Maiden and C. Moore, the latter in the 
“Catalogue of Woods from the N pelted District of New South 
Wales, sent to the London Exhibition of 1862,” refer to it as rose- 
wood and mocondie. oore gives the scientific name as ynoum 
glandulosum ; but Maiden, “ Forest Flora of New South Wales,” iii, 
pt. xxiii, No..83, indicates that the name was given in mistake for 
that of Dysoxylum Fraseranum. 
-The tree is found in the richer or “cedar brush” forest regions of 
New South Wales and also in southern Queensland, where, under 
suitable conditions, it attains a height of 80 to 140 feet and a girth 
of 15 to 20 feet, although trees have been measured with a girth of 
40 feet. Of twelve trees measured in one district, the average 
irth is given as 16 feet. The wood is described as moderately 
hard, ee are easy to work, taking a good polish and 
ee 41 to 44 lbs. a cubic foot when dry. Stone sole the 
wood was seasoned, It is used for furniture, cabinet work, ‘shop 
pos 
aad saowal sapwood, but the colour fades with long exposure to 
light. 
When freshly cut the -wood has a rose-like scent from which the 
common names of rosewood and cedar have originated. Maiden 
refers to the wood having an oily character, which is considered a 
disadvantage as it Egat its taking glue well. As the result of 
an enquiry made inister for Lands, New South Wales, 
the stock would appear es be very considerable, for one district 
‘alone is said to be capable of supplying 16, 000 000 feet. A 
description of the tree as growing in Queens and is to be found 
in the “ Catalogue of Queensland oe exhibited at the Colonial 
and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886,” by F. Manson Bailey. 
Dysoxylum spectabile, Hook. aoe 
This tree is described as cedar by Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Featon in 
“The Art Album of the New Zealand Flora,” ( 1889). The native 
name of “kohekohe,” is also given and the tree is described as 
height of 50 feet with a diameter of 3 feet. The handsome, 
pinnate leaves peculiar to the genus, are present in this species an 
th ite flowers are ‘produced in large panicles. These 
are followed by greenish fruits, which open when ripe and ne 
the seeds covered with an ae or reddish aril. The wood i 
reddish in colour, close-grained, and used for furniture and peas BY 
but its durability is questioned. Wood, bark, flowers and leaves 
are credited with stomachic properties. D. a is deseribed 
