TIMBERS. 577 
“ Blueberry Tree,” ‘‘ Native Currant Tree,” “‘ Native Juniper,” ‘‘ Native 
Myrtle,” ‘‘Cockatoo Bush,’ are names used chiefly in South Australia. 
** Palberry ” is used by natives of the Coorong (South Australia). 
A shrub or small tree. The wood is hard, white, and durable 
when unexposed to atmospheric influences. It has been used for 
inlaying. ‘‘ Specific gravity, .809 for an air-dried specimen, and 
.819 for a steam-dried one.” (Report, Victorian Exhibition, 1861.) 
All the colonies except Queensland. 
484. Myristica insipida, *.2r., (Syn. WZ. cimicifera, R.Br.); N.O., 
Myristicez, B.FI., v. 281. 
“Queensland Nutmeg.” 
Wood of a pinkish-grey colour, tough, and easily worked.) A 
tree of 60 or 7oft. 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
485. Myrsine variabilis, &.2r., N.O., Myrsinez, B.FI., iv., 275. 
Another of the trees absurdly called ‘‘ Jemmy Donnelly,” 
The wood is yellowish, hard, and tough. It is durable, and 
in grain is something like the British Oak. “ Specific gravity (one 
experiment), .714."’ (Osborne.) Diameter, 12 to 15in.; height, 
45 to soft. 
Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. 
486. Myrtus acmenioides, #.v.17., N.O., Myrtacez, B.FI., iii., 276. 
‘White Myrtle” of the Richmond and Clarence Rivers (New South 
Wales). ‘“ Lignum-Vitz.” 
Wood close-grained, very hard, durable, and tough; used by 
coach-builders, etc. This wood is rather lighter in colour than that 
of others of this genus. It is homogeneous, with a good clean 
surface, but it is not ornamental. 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 61lb. per cubic foot. Diameter, 
12 to 18in. ; height, 60 to 7oft. 
Northern New South Wales and Queensland. 
487. Myrtus Beckleri, #.v.4/., N.O., Myrtacez, B.FI., iii., 275. 
“Ginugal” is an aboriginal name in use on the Richmond River. 
** Kaarin” is another aboriginal name. 
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