368 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
Following are some aboriginal names ;—“ Jerra-wa-wah,” Illawarra and 
Brisbane Water (New South Wales) ; ‘‘ Wycaulie,” Richmond and Clarence 
Rivers (New South Wales) ; ‘‘ Tchoonboy,” Northern New South Wales 
and Southern Queensland. 
The wood is close-grained, firm, prettily veined, and good for 
cabinet-work. (Macarthur.) Very handsome planks can some- 
times be obtained from it. It is occasionally used by turners and 
wood-carvers. It is of a pale-yellow colour, and the complicated 
grain affords a pattern of a singularly pretty appearance. It is 
probably the unevenness of the grain (which gives rise to this 
pretty figuring) that is the cause of this wood being unsuitable for 
good engraving. It requires very careful seasoning. 
Two slabs of this wood in the Technological Museum, which 
have been seasoned over twenty-five years (having been exhibited 
at the London International Exhibition of 1862), have weights 
which correspond to 55lbs. 130z. and 57lbs. 1402, respectively per 
cubic foot. It is used for staves and laths, and for general 
building purposes. Diameter, 24 to 36in. ; height, 80 to t1ooft. 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
54. Achras laurifolia, “v.47, (Syn. Sideroxylon Richardt, 
F.v.M.; S. laurifolium, Fxv.M.; Sersalista laurtfolia, 
A. Rich.; S. glabra, A. Gray.); N.O., Sapotacez, B.FL., iv., 
282. Sideroxylon Richard? in Muell. Cens., p. g2. 
Called “‘ Sycamore” in Southern New South Wales. 
Wood light-grey towards the outside, brown in the centre; 
grain close. Diameter, 2 to 4ft.; height, 80 to 15oft. 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
55. Achras myrsinoides, 4. Cunn., (Syn. Sideroxylon myrsinoides, 
Benth. et Hook. f.); N.O., Sapotacee, B.FI., iv., 283. 
Sideroxylon myrsinotdes in Muell. Cens., p. 92. 
Timber firm, elastic, hard, but easily worked, used for dray- 
poles, shafts, timber trucks, etc. Diameter, 12 to 18in.; height, 
20 to 30ft. 
New South Wales, Queensland and Northern Australia. 
