TIMBERS. 561 
1862), have weights which correspond to 16lb. 40z. and 17\b. 
10 Oz. respectively per cubic foot. Height, 80 to rooft. 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
422. Laportea photiniphylla, Wedd:, (Syn. Urtica photiniphylia, 
A. Cunn.; Fleurya photiniphylia, Kunth); N.O., Urticez, 
BEN. Vi,, 192. 
‘© Small-leaved Nettle.” 
Wood very soft and brownish. It might possibly be utilized 
for floats for fishing-nets. A slab in the Technological Museum, 
which has been seasoned over twenty-five years (having been 
exhibited at the London International Exhibition of 1862), has a 
weight which corresponds to 13lb. 140z. per cubic foot. Height, 
about 6oft. 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
423. Leptospermum abnorme, v.47, (Syn. Kunzea brachy- 
andra, F.v.M.); N.O., Myrtacez, B.FI., iii., 109. 
A tall shrub. Wood of a dark colour, hard, heavy, and 
close-grained. 
New South Wales, Queensland and Northern Australia. 
424. Leptospermum flavescens, Syzth, (Syn. L. polygalifolium, 
Salisb.; Z. Thea, Willd.; Z. ¢uberculatum, Poir.; Melaleuca 
trinervia, White; J2. Thea, Wendl.); N.O., Myrtacez, 
BF ., ii1., 104. 
“Tea-tree.’ A name given more or less to species of this genus, 
though not to this genus alone. 
Wood hard and close-grained, tough, and light coloured. 
This species is not endemic in Australia. Diameter, 5 to 8in.; 
height, 15 to 2oft. 
All the colonies except South and Western Australia. 
425. Leptospermum lanigerum, Swzsh, (Syn. LZ. australe, Salisb.; 
Melaleuca trinervia, White); N.O., Myrtacez, B.FI., iii., 106. 
“Tea-tree”’ (from the leaves having been used as a substitute for tea 
by Captain Cook’s saiiors). ‘* Woolerp,” or ‘‘ Woolip ” of the aboriginals. 
of Coranderrk Station (Victoria). ‘‘Punnun.”’ of those of Lake Condah. 
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