576 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
Myoporinez, B.FI., v., 3. 42. monfanum in Muell.’Cens., 
p. 104. 
‘“‘ Dogwood.” ‘‘ Mee-mee”’ of some Queensland aboriginals. ‘‘ Nymoo” 
is another aboriginal name. It is called ‘“‘ Waterbush” and “ Native 
Daphne” in Western New South Wales. 
Timber soft and moderately light, yet tough. It is used for 
building purposes. It dresses well, and is straight in the grain, 
but it calls for no particularcomment. 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 47lb. 30z. per cubic foot. 
Diameter, g to 15in.; height, 30 to 4oft. 
All the colonies except Tasmania. 
482. Myoporum platycarpum, R.Br., (Syn. Disoon platycarpus, 
F.v.M.); N.O., Myoporinez, B.FI., v. 7. 
‘““Sugar-tree.” ‘* Dogwood.” ‘‘Sandal-wood,” or “ Bastard Sandal- 
wood.” ‘“Ngural” of the aboriginals of Lake Hindmarsh Station (Victoria). 
This wood possesses a very pleasant perfume when freshly 
worked. It is suitable for veneering and cabinet-work, having a 
fine grain, and being beautifully mottled and grained; it takes a 
fine polish. ‘‘ Specific gravity (one experiment), .840.” (Mueller.) 
-Wood cut from a natural excrescence or burr of this tree is of 
singular beauty. A specimen in the Technological Museum shows 
groups of birds’-eye knots, and these, with the general grain of the 
wood, form a very rich combination. The colour is light walnut, 
and the markings are suggestive (though not in colour) of birds’- 
eye maple. The dry wood of this tree, split into laths, and tied 
with bark by the natives, led Mr. Lockhart Morton (Proc. R.S., 
Vict., 1860, p. 132) to conclude that it possesses good burning 
qualities. He put the end of a piece into the fire, when it burnt 
like a candle. A tall shrub or small tree. 
All the colonies except Tasmania and Queensland. 
483. Myoporum serratum, ”.2r., (Syn. IZ. cmsulare, R.Br.; AL, 
tasmanicum, A.DC.); N.O., Myoporinez, B.Fl., v. 4. AZ. 
7nsulare in Muell. Cens., p. 104. 
