286 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
light, much in the same way as candle-nuts (Aleurites triloba) do. 
Quandongs are so abundant in parts of the country that they may 
possibly be used as oil-seeds in the future. 
Queensland and New South Wales to Western Australia. 
6. Hernandia bivalvis, Bexth., N.O., Laurinez, B.FI., v. 314. 
“ Grease-nut” Tree. ‘‘ Cudgerie” of the aboriginals. 
The kernel contains 64.8 per cent. of oil, which is similar to 
common laurel oil, is of the same consistency, and has also the 
same stearine and narcotic smell. (Staiger.) 
Queensland. 
7. Pongamia glabra, Vent., N.O., Leguminose, B.FI., ii., 273. 
‘Indian Beech.” 
The seeds yield an oil, pale-sherry coloured (Dymock), thick, 
red-brown (Gamble), used for burning, and in skin diseases by the 
people of India. It solidifies below 60°F. The yield of oil from 
the seeds is 27 per cent., having a specific gravity of .g45, and 
solidifying at 8°C. (Dymock.) 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
8. Ricinocarpus pinifolius, Desf., (Syn. R. sidacformis, F.v.M. ; 
Reperia pinifolia, Spreng.; Echinosphera rosmarinoides, 
Sieb.) ; N.O., Euphorbiacez, B.F1., vi., 70. 
** Native Jasmine.” 
This plant yields abundance of seeds, like small castor-oil 
seeds. They yield an oil which does not appear to have yet been 
examined. 
Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. 
9. Semecarpus Anacardium, Zixz., (Syn. S. australasicus, Engl.); 
N.O., Anacardiacez, B.FI., i., 491. 
“ Marking-nut Tree.” 
A sweet oil is obtained from the seeds, used in painting in 
India. (Zreasury of Botany.) -The pericarp contains 32 per 
cent. of a vesicating oil of sp. gr. .gg1, easily soluble in ether, and 
blackening on exposure to the air. (Dymock.) 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
