TIMBERS. 415 
Wood of.a light brown colour, nicely marked, light, and firm ; 
a useful wood for both cooper and cabinet-maker. (Cat. Queens- 
land Woods, Col. and Ind. E'xh., 1886.) 
Northern Queensland. 
213. Davidsonia pruriens, F.v.M., N.O., Leguminosz, -Muell., 
Cens., p. 48. 
Wood dark-coloured, close-grained, hard, and tough. 
Queensland. 
214. Daviesia arborea, W. H7l/,N.O., Leguminosz, Cat. Queens- 
land Timbers, S.I.E., (1879). 
““ Queen-wood.” 
This wood is hard, close-grained, with beautiful pink streaked 
lines, and takes a beautiful polish. It is destined to take a 
prominent position with cabinet-makers. (Cat. of Queensland 
Timbers, p. 65, No. 141, Sydney International Exhibition, 1879.) 
In the absence of a botanical description of Hill’s species, I am 
unable to say whether it is identical with D. adorea, F.v.M. et 
Scortech., in the Proc. Linn. Soc., N.S.W., vii., 221 (1882). 
Diameter, 6 to 12in.; height, 15 to 30ft. 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
215. Denhamia obscura, Jezssx., (Syn. D. xanthosperma, F.v.M.; 
D. heterophylla, F.v.M.; Leucocarpon obscurum, A. Rich.) ; 
N.O., Celastrinez, B.FI., i., 401. Leucocarpon obscurum in 
Muell. Cens., p. 26. 
Wood fine-grained and tough. Diameter, 3 to 4in.; height, 
12 to 15ft. 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
216. Denhamia pittosporoides, 7-v-J7., (Syn. Leucocarpon pittos- 
poroides, F.v.M.); N.O., Celastrinez, B.FI., i., 402. Leuco- 
carpon pittosporoides in Muell. Cens., p. 26. 
The timber is hard, fine-grained, and takes a good polish. 
(Hill.) It is of a uniform pale-yellow colour, resembling English 
