542 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
It is not easily attacked by ants, and is ‘suitable for hand screw- 
making and buggy shafts. Diameter, 24 to 42in.; height, 80 to 
100ft. 
Northern New South Wales and Queensland. 
363. Flindersia Schottiana, 7.v.47, N.O., Meliacez, B.FI., i., 
388. 
‘‘Flindosy Beech,”’ ‘‘ Ash,” ‘‘ Stave-wood.” 
The timber is hard, close-grained, prettily marked, and of a 
pale yellow colour. It is used for shingles and staves, and for 
cabinet-work. Diameter, 18 to 30in.; height, 30 to 6oft. 
From Hastings River, New South Wales, to Central Queens- 
land. 
364. Frenela Endlicheri, Parlat., (Syn. F. fruticosa, Endl.; F. 
pyramidalis, A. Cunn.; F. calcaratfa, A. Cunn.; Callitris 
calcarata, R.Br.; Otoclinis Backhousti, Hill) ; N.O., Coni- 
fer, B.FI., vi., 238. Referred to as Callitris calcarata in 
Muell..Cens., p. 109. 
“ Cypress Pine,” ‘‘ Black Pine,” “ Red Pine,” « ** Scrub Pine,” “ Murray 
Pines. 
This timber is an article of great importance; it is durable, 
fine-grained, fragrant, and capable of a high polish; it is used for 
piles of wharves, and for sheathing punts and boats; it resists the 
attacks of cobra and white ants, and the root is valued by cabinet- 
makers for veneering purposes. (Hill.) It is beautifully mottled 
and striped with black, white, and yellow; it is much used and 
valued in the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee districts (New South 
Wales) for the interior lining and roofing of houses, mantelpieces, 
skirting boards, etc. Slabs of the wood of this tree were used by 
Sir Thomas Mitchell for sleepers when crossing the Yarran 
Swamp. 
« A coniferous wood of remarkable character, chiedy for the 
great size of the superbly-figured slabs that it yields under certain 
conditions of growth. In such specimens the heart-wood extends 
nearly across the bole, having a narrow white defined sap-wood. 
The colour is a rich brown, with large bold waves of darker brown, 
bold cloudiness, and nipples and ribands, ‘This is indeed.a superb 
