546 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
piles of wharves, and the sheathing of boats, as it resists the 
attacks of the Zeredo. Diameter, 18 to 20in.; height, 60 to 7oft. 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
370. Frenela robusta, var. verrucosa, 4. Cunz., (Syn. F. verrucosa, 
A. Cunn.; £&. tuberculata, R.Br.; Callitris verrucosa, R.Br.; 
C. tuberculata, R.Br.); N.O., Conifer, B.FL, vwij72a7 
Included under Caliitris verrucosa, Muell. Cens., p. 109. 
‘““Cypress Pine” of the Richmond and Clarence Rivers. ‘‘ Camphor- 
wood.” It is known as ‘‘ Rock Pine” in Western New South Wales. 
This tree yields a beautiful dark wood, suitable for cabinet- 
making. It has a peculiar odour, from which circumstance it is 
sometimes called ‘‘Camphor-wood,’ and it is said to be obnoxious 
to insects. A sample of this timber was exhibited at the London 
International Exhibition of 1862, and the figure was described by 
the Jurors as “ of extraordinary beauty.”’ It is useful for telegraph 
posts. ‘‘ Specific gravity, .691; weight of cubic foot of dried 
wood, about 43lb. (Mueller.) A slab of this wood in the 
Technological Museum, which has been seasoned over twenty-five 
years (having been exhibited at the London International Exhibi- 
tion of 1862), under the name of J. verrucosa var. levis, has a 
weight which corresponds to 44lb. 70z. per cubic foot. 
Northern New South Wales and Queensland. 
371. Fusanus acuminatus, 2.27., (Syn. Santalum acuminatum, 
A. DC.; S. Preissianum, Miq.; S. cognatum, Mig.); N.O., 
Santalacez, B.Fl., vi., 215. (Described in Muell. Cens., p. 
64, as Santalum acuminatum.) 
“ Bitter Quandong,” “Native Peach.” ‘ Gutchu”’ of the aboriginals 
of the Lake Hindmarsh Station (Victoria). 
Timber hard and close-grained, and emitting a very pleasant 
fragance when freshly cut or re-worked, sap-wood of a creamy-pink, 
heart-wood flesh coloured. It works splendidly, and is excellent 
for cabinet-work. It takes a fine polish. Specific gravity, .828. 
This being one of the woods by which the aboriginals of the 
interior districts of New South Wales obtain fire, an account of 
the method adopted by the natives of the Lachlan River, New 
South Wales, to secure this may not be uninteresting. Two pegs 
