372 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
67. Albizzia procera, Benth., (Syn., A. elata, Roxb.;. Mimosa 
procera, Roxb.; MM. elafa, Roxb.; Acacia procera, Willd.); 
N.O., Leguminos, B.FI., ii., 422. 
“ Tee-coma”’ of the aboriginals of the Northern Territory. 
Timber close-grained, easily worked, and in use for building 
purposes. (Hill.) It is of a dark colour, resembling walnut, and 
is a useful cabinet wood. Weight of a cubic foot of Indian-grown 
timber (seasoned), from 3glbs. to 48lbs. It loses nearly half its 
weight in drying. (Brandis.) It seasons well, and the heart-wood 
is durable. It is used for sugar-cane crushers, rice-pounders, 
wheels, agricultural implements, bridges, and house-posts. It is 
used by tea-planters for stakes for laying out tea gardens, as it is 
found to split well, and occasionally for tea-boxes and charcoal, for 
which it is found to be very good. (Gamble.) Diameter, 18 
to 24in.; height, 30 to 6oft. 
Northern Australia. 
68. Albizzia Thozetiana, /.v.J7., (Syn. Acacia Thozetiana, F.v.M.; 
Pithecolobium Thozetianum, ¥.v.M.); N.O., Leguminosz, 
B.FL., ii., 422: 
Timber very hard, heavy, tough, and close-grained. May 
prove useful for gig-shafts, gun-stocks, etc. It is of a red colour. 
(Thozet.) Diameter, 12 to 30in.; height, 40 to 6oft. 
Queensland. 
69. Albizzia Toona, @az/., Supp. to Syn. Queensland Flora. 
(Bailey.) N.O., Leguminose. 
Wood of a light colour for several inches inwards from the 
bark; the rest resembles cedar ; a valuable wood for many pur- 
poses. (Cat. Queensland Timbers, Col. and Ind. Exh., London, 
1886.) 
Queensland. 
70. Aleurites moluccana, Wel/d., (Syn. A. triloba, Forst.; A. 
Ambinux, Pers.; Jatropha moluccana, Linn.); N.O., 
Euphorbiacee, B.Fl., vi, 128. A. ¢rz/oba in Muell. Cens., 
p. 20. . 
* Candle-nut.” 
