408 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
Willd. ; C.:polygama, Roxb.) ; N.O., Boraginex, B-FI., iv.; 
386. x 
The ‘‘Sebesten Plum” (of India.) 
The wood is soft, and is said to have furnished.the timber 
from which the Egyptian mummy-cases were made. It is one of 
those used for preparing fire by friction in India. (Drury.) It is 
olive-coloured, greyish, or light brown, coarse-grained, easy to 
work, and strong, and seasons well, but it is readily attacked by 
insects. It is used for boat-building in India, for well curbs, gun 
stocks, and agricultural implements, and in Bengal for canoes. _ It 
might be tried-for tea-boxes, It is an excellent fuel. The weight 
of a cubic foot varies from 28lb. to.421b. (Gamble.) . 
Queensland. 
186. Croton setichs Baill., ae C. phebalioides, A. shine 
N.O., Euphorbiacez, B.FI., vi., 124. 
“Queensland Cascarilla.” ‘Warrel” of the aboriginals of Northern 
New South Wales. . 
A tall straggling’ shrub or small tree. Wood of a yellow 
colour, close-grained, hard, and very tough. 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
187, Croton phebalioides, 7.2. 47., (Syn., C. stigmatosus, F.v.M.); 
N.O., Euphorbiacez, B.Fl., vi., 125. 
This timber -has a yellowish colour, is close-grained and tough, 
but very liable to warp and: split, and has- some tendency to get 
dirty-looking with age. 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 51lb. 20z. per cubic foot. 
Height, up to soft. 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
188, cee Verreauxii, Bazl/., N.O., Euphorbiacex, B.FI., vi., 
126. 
“Native ee 
