400 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
Timber used for bullock yokes, mauls, tool handles, shingles, 
etc. It is of great beauty for cabinet-work, but very apt to rend in 
drying ; it should be used only in veneers. (Macarthur.) The 
Yarra (Victoria) blacks used to make boomerangs of this wood. 
A ton of dry wood yields about 731b. of pearl-ash, or 431b. of pure 
potash. (Mueller.) A slab inthe 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 59lb. 110z. per cubic foot. Diameter, 24in. ; 
height, 49 to soft. 
All the colonies except Western Australia. 
160. Casuarina torulosa, Azz., (Syn. C. tenuisstma, Sieb.) ; N.O., 
Casuarinez, B.FI., vi., 200. 
“Forest-oak.”’ ‘ River-oak.” Called “ Mountain-oak” in Queens- 
land. ‘“ Beef-wood.” The “ Noo-loi” of the aboriginals of Northern New 
South Wales, and the ‘‘ Koondeeba” of those of Southern Queensland. 
‘‘ Bureutha ” of some Central Queensland aboriginals. 
Much used for fuel. The wood is close, and prettily marked, 
yielding handsome veneers. This handsome wood has a marking 
peculiarly its own. The line of demarcation of the heart-wood is 
well-defined. It is used for cabinet-work, and produces very 
superior shingles. It is one of the best woods for oven fuel. 
A slab in the Technological Museum, which has been seasoned 
over twenty-five years (having been exhibited at the London 
International Exhibition of 1862, as C. /semurssima), has a 
weight which corresponds to 64lb. per cubic foot. Diameter, 18 
to 24in.; height, 60 to 8oft. 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
61. Cedrela Toona, Roxd., (Syn. C. australis, F.v.M.); N.O., 
Meliacez, B.FI., i., 387. C. australis in Muell. Cens., p. 9. 
he ‘‘ Cedar,” or “‘ Red Cedar” (a universal appellation in Australia), 
Called “ Polai” by the aboriginals of Northern New South Wales, 
‘“Mumin,” or “ Mugurpul” by those about Brisbane, and “ Woota” by 
those about Wide Bay (Queensland). The ‘‘ Toon” Tree (of India). 
This timber is. light, very durable, easily worked, and is 
largely employed in house joinery and furniture making; in fact 
