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by Stone, “ Timbers of Commerce,” p. 42, where the common name 
‘of redheart is given. A further description of the species occurs in 
“A Manual of the New Zealand Flora,” pp. 95-96, by 
T, F. Cheeseman. 
Dysoxylum Muelleri, Benth—Cedar, Pencil Cedar, Bastard 
Cedar, Red Bean. 
This tree grows in the rich forest region of northern New South 
Wales and 8S. Queensland, and is met with between 50 and 70 feet 
in height with a trunk 3 feet or more in diameter. The pinnate 
leaves are up to 2 feet long and composed of an indefinite number 
of ovate or lanceolate leaflets 3 to 6 inches in len ngth. 1e heart- 
wood is red in colour, nicely marked but odourless, the name of 
cedar having been given on account of a fancied resemblance 
between the grain of the wood and that of the American cedar or 
Juniper, which is used for pencils. Moore refers to the wood under 
the name of Synoum Lardneri in the 1862 Exhibition Catalogue 
(see “ Indigenous Woods of New South ee Northern District,” 
ps 2; No. 51), and gives the common name of “turnip wood.” 
With reference to this he says that the bark srr somewhat like 
a Swedish turnip. He describes the wood as being useful for 
housework and general purposes. Recent descriptions place it 
with good furniture woods. Good accounts of the tree and its wood 
are given by J. H. Maiden in his “ Forest Flora of New South 
Wales,” iii, pt. xxvii, No. 97, and by F. Manson Bailey in the 
one of Queensland Woods ” previously referred to, p. 11, 
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Dysoxylum rufum, enth.—Bastard Pencil Cedar. 
These names are coupled by Maiden, “ Forest Flora of New 
South Wales,” iii, pt. xxiv, No. 86, pp. 63-64. The tree is 
described as a large one growing 80 to 100 feet high with a girth 
of from 6 to 10 feet. It resembles other species in its large, 
handsome, pinnate leaves, but differs by having the under sides of the 
leaves, inflorescences, fruit and young shoots covered with a dense 
brownish tomentum, and by the flowers, fruits and wood when fresh — 
being attended by a a siaehte onion-like smell. The sapwood is 
said to be white and the heart-wood red or reddish brown. ‘Lhe lat Aa 
is nicely marked and is used for cabinet making and other purpose 
According to Bailey’s “Synopsis of the Queensland F tora,” this 
species is “pres in Queensland forests as well as in those of New 
South Wal 
ers malahariewin, Bedd.—W hite Cedar 
Reference is made ee this tree by Gamble in “A Manual of 
Indian Timbers,” . 148. He described it as a very large tree 
with light, close-grained, hard, elastic wood, which is sweet-scented, 
and u -casks. e tree is said to inhabit the forests of 
the Western Ghats, Conn Malabar, the Anamalai Hills and 
Travancore at elevations of 1000-3000 feet. A suggestion is also 
made that the name of white cedar may sometimes be applied to a 
species of Chisocheton. 
Cedrela Toona, Aox).—Cedar, Red Cedar, Moulmein Cedar. 
This tree is widely distributed i in India, Becma: Queensland and 
ted South Wales, a in Australia the synonymous name of 
