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mentioned as a tree 50 to 60 feet high, bearing pinnate leaves, made 
up of 7 to 9 leaflets, each of which is from 2 to 3 inches long. 
The red flowers are borne in dense bunches and are followed by 
brown and glossy globose fruits, The timber is not represented at 
Kew, but it is described as rich dark yellow or bronze in colour, 
prettily grained and highly prized for cabinet work, railway 
carriage fittings, turnery and picture frames. 
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ARALIACEAE. 
Panax elegans, C. Moore and F, Muell, and P. Murrayi, /. Muell.— 
Pencil Cedar, Black Pencil Cedar. 
Maiden refers to both these trees as cedars in the “ Forest Flora 
of New South Wales,” i, pt. vi, No. 23, pp. 138-143, but Bailey in 
his “ Catalogue of Queensland Woods” uses the alternative name 
of  mowbulan whitewood ”, and does not connect them with the 
cedars. In the latter work P. elegans is described as a tall and 
sometimes large tree with very large, wide-spreading leaves, much 
divided into ovate leaflets. It is found in all the coast serubs of 
Queensland, also in New South Wales. The wood is soft, light, 
elastic and has been suggested as a substitute for willow for cricket 
bats in addition to being see for lining boards. It has also been 
recommended as a likely wood for musical instrument makers. P. 
she de is described as a hacideane tree with large leaves. The 
wood is light in colour and weight and has been suggested as 
likely to form good lining boards. A sample of the wood of the 
latter tree is to be seen in Museum No. I, at Kew, but it does not 
give one the impression as being either distinct or good enough to 
import into European countries. 
CELASTRACEAE. 
yageer australe, Vent.—White Cedar, Blue Ash. 
A description of this tree is to be found in Bailey’s, 1886, 
* Catalogue of meri Woods,” but the common names are 
not mentioned there They occur in Maiden’s “ Useful Native 
Plants of Australia,” p- 423. The tree is described as from 24 to 
30 feet high with a trunk 4 to 12 inches in diameter. The wood 
is pinkish in colour, close-grained, tough, useful for staves, oars, 
shingles and tool handles. Bailey says that it warps a good deal in 
drying if cut before it.is seasoned. 
BORAGINACEAE. 
ties acuminata, R. Br.—Brown Cedar. 
ention is made of this tree in Bailey’s, 1886, “ Catalogue of 
eee d Woods,” p. 60. It is described as a small tree 
inhabiting creek sides in South Queensland, New South Wales and 
Victoria. In “ Useful Native Plants of Australia,” p. 421, Maiden 
says that it grows 20 to 30 feet high, furnishing a light brown, 
coarse-grained wood which is easy to work and closely resembles 
English elm 
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