394 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
wood is little used in India except for agricultural implements. 
It is being tried for railway sleepers on some Bengal railways, 
but the result of the experiment is not yet known. It is used in 
Burmah for gun-stocks, house-posts, planking, carts, furniture, and 
cabinet-work. It stands well under water. Weight of cubic foot 
of wood about 54lb. (Gamble). 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
143. Cargillia australis, #. Br., (Syn. Mada Cargiillia, F.v.M.; 
Diospyros Cargiliia, F.v.M.); N.O., Ebenacez, B.FI., iv., 
288. Diospyros Cargillia in Muell. Cens., p. 92. 
The “Black Plum” of Illawarra (New South Wales), and the 
* Booreerra ”’ of the aboriginals of the same district. 
Wood close, very tough, and firm, of little beauty, but likely 
to be useful for many purposes. It is very apt to get discoloured, 
and to rend in seasoning (Macarthur). It makes excellent whip- 
handles, and other light work. This forms one of the many 
timbers exhibited at the London International Exhibition of 1862. 
Most of the original specimens are in this museum, and this is the 
only timber of them riddled by xylophages. A slab of this wood 
in the Technological Museum, which has been seasoned over 
twenty-five years (having been exhibited at the London Inter- 
national Exhibition of 1862), has a weight which corresponds 
to 52lb. per cubic foot, but, as already remarked, it is riddled 
with small holes. Diameter, 18 to 24in. Height, 60 to 8oft. 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
144. Cargillia pentamera, F.v.17,, (Syn. Maba pentamera, F.v.M.; 
Diospyros pentamera, F.v.M.); N.O., Ebenacex, B.FI., iv., 
288. Diospyros pentamera in Muell. Cens., p. 92. 
The “Black Myrtle” and “Grey Plum” of Northern New South 
Wales, and the ‘‘ Chowan” of the aboriginals of the same district. 
Timber reddish, close-grained, tough, and durable; soft 
when fresh. It is not much used, except for tool handles 
occasionally, and for flooring boards. Diameter, 24 to 36in. ; 
height, 80 to rooft. 
Northern New South Wales and Queensland. 
