392 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
135. Canthium lucidum, Hook. et Arn., (Syn. C. lamprophyllum, 
F.v.M.; C. odoratum, Seem.; Plectronia odorata, F.v.M.; 
Coffea odorata, G. Forst.; Ixora odorata, Spreng.; Pavetta 
dubia, Endl.) ; N.O., Rubiacez, B.F1., iii., 421 ; Muell. Cens., 
ix., 185. 
Wood of a yellow colour, close-grained, tough, and nicely 
marked ; likely to prove useful for cabinet-work. (Cat. Queens- 
land Woods, Col. and Ind. Exh., 1886.) Diameter, 6 to 12in.; 
height, 20 to 30ft. 
New South Wales to Northern Australia. 
136. Canthium oleifolium, Hook., N.O., Rubiacez, B.FI., iii., 422. 
Wood hard, close-grained, and capable of a high polish. 
Thozet says this shrub is met with in poor soil. Diameter, 5 to 
1oin.; height, 25 to 30ft. . 
The interior of New South Wales and Queensland. 
137. Canthium vacciniifolium, 7.7.47, (Syn. C. microphyllum, 
F.v.M.; Plectronia vaccintifolia, Hook. f.); N.O., Rubiacez, 
Yl in., 722. 
Wood close grained ; used for walking-sticks. (Hill.) It is 
tough, and of a light-yellowish colour. Diameter, 1 to 4in.; 
height, 2oft. 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
138. Capparis Mitchelli, Zznd/., (Syn. Busbeckia Mitchelli, 
F.v.M.); N.O., Capparidez, B.FI., i., 96. 
“Small Native Pomegranate,” ‘‘ Native Orange” (from the size and 
shape of the fruit). ‘ Karn-doo-thal” of the aboriginals of the Cloncurry 
River (Northern Queensland), and “Mondo” of the aboriginals of Central 
Queensland. 
The wood is whitish, hard, close-grained, and suitable for 
engraving, carving, and similar purposes. Sir Thomas Mitchell, 
who discovered this small tree, says (Zhree Expeditions, ii., 137), 
“The wood resembles lancewood so much as not to be 
distinguished from it.” Diameter, 10 to 14in. ; height, 14 to 2oft 
All the colonies except Tasmania and Western Australia. 
