396 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
Called ‘‘ Wild Rosemary” in parts of Queensland. 
A rather slender shrub. , The wood is dark and beautifully 
marked, close-grained ; peal be a very valuable wood cut in 
veneers for cabinet-work. (Cat. Queensland Woods, Col. and Ind. 
‘E'xh., 1886.) 
South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland. 
150. shi hae australe, 4. Cunn., N.O., Leguminose, 
BFL, i, 275. . 
“ Bean aes or “ Moreton Bay Chestnut.”’ The “ Irtalie” of the 
aboriginals of the Richmond and Clarence Rivers (New South Wales), and 
“* Bogum ” of others of northern New South Wales. 
The timber is soft, fine-grained, and takes a good polish, but 
it is not durable. It is somewhat like walnut, but more pitted in 
appearance, and is occasionally used for cabinet-work. The 
beautiful dark cloudiness of the wood of young trees is lost as the 
trees grow older. It is sometimes split for staves. It dresses well. 
A slab of this wood in the Technological Museum, which has 
‘been seasoned over twenty-five years (having been exhibited at the 
London International Exhibition of 1862), has a weight which 
corresponds to 3g9lb. 80z. per cubic foot. 
Mr. Allen Ransome tested some specimens sent to the 
Colonial and Indian Exhibition. He thus reports :—‘“‘ A beauti- 
fully figured, brown wood. The sample sent, being very wet, 
was tried under somewhat unfavourable circumstances. A baluster 
was turned from it, and some boards and panels planed, the work 
from both lathe and planing-machine being excellent. The wood 
should prove valuable for cabinet-makers, but should be thoroughly 
seasoned before being used, as it shrinks very much in drying.” 
Diameter, 24 to 36in.; height, 80 to goft. 
Northern New South Wales and Queensland. 
151. Casuarina spp, 
In Mr. Holtzapfel’s Zurning and Mechanical Manipulation, 
Casuarina timber is called ‘‘ Botany Oak,” and it is stated that it is 
shipped in round logs from g to 14in. in diameter. In general 
colour it resembles a full red mahogany, with darker red veins; 
the grain is more like the evergreen oak than the other European 
