574 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
476. Monotoca elliptica, R.Br., (Syn. AL. albens, R.Br.; Styphelia 
elliptica, Smith); N.O., Epacridee, B.FI., iv., 230. Styphelia 
elliptica in Muell. Cens., p. 107. 
“ Beech,” ‘* Wallang-unda ” of some New South Wales aboriginals. 
This wood has been experimented upon in England as a 
substitute for Boxwood in engraving, but though to all appearances 
it is an excellent wood, yet Mr. Worthington Smith reported upon 
it as having a bad surface, and readily breaking away, so that the 
cuts require much retouching after engraving. The wood is 
excellent for planes and other carpentry tools, works well, and is 
indeed superior to English Beech for such purposes. (furors’ 
Reports, London International Exhibition of 1862.) It has a 
silvery grain, and some planks are of great beauty, especially 
when polished. They cannot be planed in the direction of the 
grain, but across it, and finished off with the scraper. Two slabs 
in the Technological Museum, which have been seasoned over 
twenty-five years (having been exhibited at the London Inter- 
national Exhibition of 1862), have weights which correspond to 
36lb. 130z. and 44lb. 100z. per cubic foot respectively. The 
lighter wood is the softer, has an interlocked grain, and is very 
homogeneous ; the heavier one is full of knots. Height, up to 
20 or 30ft. 
All the colonies except South and Western Australia. 
477. Monotoca scoparia, #.2r., (Syn. M. patens, A. Cunn; JZ, . 
propingua, A. Cunn.; Styphelia scoparia, Smith); N.O., 
Epacridez, B.FI., iv., 230.  Styphelia scoparia in Muell. 
Cens., ‘p. 107. . 
A small shrub. Wood of a pale yellow colour, close-grained, 
nicely marked, and easily worked. (Cat. Queensland Timbers, 
Col. and Ind. Exh., 1886.) 
All the colonies except South and Western Australia. 
478. Morinda citrifolia, Z7vx., (For botanical synonyms see 
p.'45), N.O., Rubiacez, B.FI., iii, 402 and 423. Muell. 
Cens., p. 74 and 75. 
‘‘Leichhardt’s Tree,” *Canary-wood,” ‘Indian Mulberry.” 
‘“‘Oolpanje”’ of the aboriginals of the Mitchell River, and ‘‘ Coobiaby ” of 
