TIMBERS. 399 
‘‘ Shingle-oak,” Coast She-oak,”’ ‘‘ River-oak,” ‘ Salt-water Swamp- 
oak.” The “ Worgnal” of the aboriginals of the Richmond and Clarence 
Rivers (New South Wales). 
Wood close, but not durable. (Hill.) It is tough, and yields 
27 per cent. of charcoal, 43 per cent. of crude wood-vinegar, and 
7 per cent. of tar. The wood is of a reddish colour, and has 
dark bands running through it, chiefly in a longitudinal direction, 
which gives to the polished wood a fine mottled appearance, 
rendering it very suitable for the manufacture of furniture. It is 
also used in turnery, and for such articles as bullock-yokes, wheel- 
spokes, axe-handles, staves, shingles, etc. As fuel, it can hardly 
beexcelled. (Muellerand J. E. Brown.) The appearance of this 
handsome wood is very difficult to describe, its heart-wood is darker 
and less handsome than the other portions. It works up 
splendidly. Two slabs 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 56lb. 140z., and 63lb. per cubic foot 
respectively. In the Report Intercol. Exh., 1861, the specific 
gravity of this wood is given as 1.037 (equivalent to 65lb. per 
cubic foot), while the specific gravity of the wood of C. cristata 
(included under this species), is given at .935 and .g65 (58% to 
6o3lb. per cubic foot). The lighter (of the Museum samples) wood 
is also the lightestin colour of any Casuarina timber the author has 
seen, It is so light, and has so little figure that a second glance is 
necessary to be quite sure that it is Casuarina wood at all. Sir 
William Macarthur, who collected this variety, calls it ‘‘ Salt-water 
Swamp-oak,’’ and says of it: ‘“ Tall growing, found only near the 
margin of salt-water.’’ Wood not much valued. Diameter, 9 to 
15in.; height, 20 to 30ft. 
All the colonies except Western Australia and Queensland. 
159. Casuarina suberosa, Octo e¢ Dietr., (Syn. C. leptoclada, Miq.; 
C. m@sta, F.v.M.); N.O., Casuarinex, B.FI., vi., 197. 
On this tree a number of appellations have been bestowed, viz. :— 
“ Erect She-oak,” “ Forest-oak,’’ ‘‘Swimp-oak,” ‘Shingle-oak,” ‘River 
Black-oak,” and ‘‘ Beef-wood.” Formerly called ‘‘ Wayetuck” by the 
Yarra aboriginals. 
