562 ' AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
A tall shrub or small tree. The wood is hard, heavy, and 
durable when not exposed to atmospheric influences. The 
natives of the Port Lincoln district (S.A.) used to make spear 
handles of the stems of species of Lepfospermum. They would 
heat them in hot ashes, then bend and sharpen them. (Wilhelmi, 
Proc. R.S., Vict., 1860, p. 169.) The Yarra (Victoria) blacks 
used to make goyjums (kangaroo spears) of this wood. 
All the colonies except Western Australia. 
426. Leptospermum myrtifolium, Sved., (Syn. Z. multicaule, 
A. Cunn.); N.O., Myrtacez, B.FI., iii., 108. . 
Wood close-grained, tough, and dark in colour. Height, 
8 to 1oft. 
All the colonies except South and Western Australia. 
427. Leucopogon lanceolatus, 2. Brown, (Syn. L. australis, Sieb. 
non R.Br.; Z. Cunninghamit, DC.; L. affinity eee 
Styphelia lanceolata, Smith; S. affints, Spreng.); N.O., 
Epacridez, B.FI., iv., 185. Styphelia lanceolata in Muell. 
Cens;, Pp: 105. 
Wood hard, close-grained, and beautifully marked. Diameter, 
3,to 6in.; height, 12 to 15ft. 
All the colonies except South and Western Australia. 
428. Leucopogon melaleucoides, A. Cunn., (Syn. L. lintfolius, 
A. Cunn.; Styphelia linifolia, F.v.M.); N.O., Epacrideze, 
B.FI., iv., 207. Sétyphelia lindfolia in Muell: Cens., p. 106. 
A shrub. Wood of a rather dark colour and nicely marked, 
hard, and close in the grain. 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
429. Leucopogon Richei, #.2r., N.O., Epacridez, B.FI., iv., 186. 
For botanical synonyms, see p. 38. Styphelia Riche in 
Muell. Cens., p. 105. 
The wood of full-grown shrubs is of a deep orange colour, 
inclining to red, hard, dense, close-grained, exceedingly heavy ; 
used for the knees of boats. The tortuous and rough-barked 
