560 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
* A tree of considerable size.” Wood straw coloured, close 
in grain, hard, and nicely marked. (Ca¢. Queensland Woods, Col. 
and Ind. Exh., 1886.) 
Queensland. 
418. Kunzea peduneularis, 7.0.32, (Syn. &. leptospermotdes, 
F.v.M.; Backea phylicordes, A. Cunn.); N.O., Myrtacez, 
B-FI., ili, 115. 
‘“*Mountain Tea-tree.” Formerly called ‘‘Burgan” by the Yarra. 
(Victoria) aboriginals. 
The wood of this small tree was used by the Yarra (Victoria) 
aboriginals for goyjums (kangaroo spears), breapang or warra- 
warras (fighting-sticks with bead-ends), gudjerons (waddies or 
clubs), wankins (fighting boomerangs). 
Victoria and New South Wales. 
419. Lagerstreemia Archeriana, Baz7., Syn. Queensland Flora 
(Bailey) ; N.O., Lythrariez. 
Wood firm, and of a brown colour. 
Palmer River, Queensland. 
420. Lacunaria Patersoni, Doz., N.O., Malvacez, B.FI., i., 218. 
“Tulip Tree.” ‘* White Oak.” ‘“‘ White Wood.” 
Timber white, close-grained, easily worked, and used for 
building purposes. Diameter, 18 to 30in.; height, 40 to 6oft. 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
42i. Laportea gigas, Wedd., (Syn. Urtica gigas, A. Cunn.; 
Urera rotundifolia, Wedd.; U. excelsa, Wedd.); N.O., 
Urticeze, B.F]., vi., 191. 
“Giant Nettle Tree.” ‘‘Irtaie”’ of the aboriginals of the Richmond 
and Clarence Rivers (New South Wales). ‘ Goo-mao-mah” of those of 
Queensland. 
Wood spongy, brownish, soft, and of no use. It can be 
torn away with the finger-nail with the greatest facility, and nothing 
approaching a smooth surface can be given to it. The same 
remarks apply to Z. photintphylla. Two slabs in the Techno- 
logical Museum, which have been seasoned over twenty-five years 
(having been exhibited at the London International Exhibition of 
