544 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
368. Frenela robusta, 4. Cunn., (Syn. F. propingqua, A. Cunn. ; 
F. glauca, R.Br.; F. crassivalvis, Miq.; F. canescens, Parlat.; 
F.. Gulielmt, Parlat.; Callitris robusta, R.Br.; C. propingua, 
R.Br.; C. glauca, R.Br.; C. Pretsstt, Miq.); N.O., Conifere, 
B.FI., vi., 237. Described in Muell, Cens., p. 109, as Callitris 
verrucosa. (See var, verrucosa.) 
‘Black Pine,” or “ Dark Pine,” of Western New South Wales. ‘* White,” 
or ‘‘Common Pine.” ‘‘ Murrumbidgee,” or ‘“‘ Lachlan Pine.’ Called also 
‘’Camphor-wood.” “ Marung” of the aboriginals of the Lake Hindmarsh 
Station (Victoria). 
This wood is used very generally in the southern and western 
districts of New South Wales for flooring and weatherboards, 
joists, ceilings, tables, and all sorts of furniture. It is very full of 
knots, but polishes well, and shows to advantage, It is fragrant, 
having a somewhat camphoraceous odour, varies much in colour 
from a light to a dark brown, with often pinkish longitudinal 
streaks, is often full of beautiful markings, is very durable, is in 
ase for piles and sheathing of boats, as it resists, to a great extent, 
the attacks of the Zeredo and white ants. Altogether, it is an 
excellent wood. The variation in colouring of the timber is 
emphasized by the names “ Light Pine” and “Black Pine,” both 
of which are in use in the western districts, applied to this species. 
Some samples of this timber, sent from Queensland to the 
Colonial and Indian Exhibition, were thus reported on by 
Mr. Allen Ransome: ‘‘ This wood varies in colour from a light 
to a dark brown; it is straight-grained, durable, beautifully 
figured, and easy to work. The wood worked admirably under 
the action of the cutters, which left a perfectly smooth and glossy 
surface. It shrinks and warps but little in seasoning.” 
“Cypress Pine.—At a meeting of the N,S.W. Commission for 
the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition, held yesterday, the import- 
ance of having the Cypress, or Murray pine timber, prominently 
exhibited in the coming-exhibition at Melbourne, was referred to. 
A sample of black pine, which takes a beautiful polish, was shown, 
and the statement made that this timber is the only one which is 
known to resist the attacks of the white ant. For this valuable 
quality it was sent.some fifteen months ago to Port Darwin 
