222 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
40. Xylomelum pyriforme, N.O., Proteacez, B.Fl., v., 408. 
“Native Pear.” (For other vernacular names and botanical synonyms, 
see “* Timbers.’’) 
The author is not aware that the finding of gum on this tree 
has been previously announced. In the Blue Mountains he found 
about an ounce on a Sapling six inches in diameter, which had 
been cut down, leaving four feet of stump, from which there was 
a free growth of new leaves. It is of a yellowish-brown colour, 
tough, and of dull appearance. It may turn out to bea gum-resin, 
as the author is inclined to think that all the gums of the 
Proteacez will be found to contain a small percentage of resin. 
New South Wales. 
