586 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
sguameus, Labill.); N.O., Rutacez, B.FI.,i.,344. £.squameus 
in Muell. Cens., p. 11. 
‘‘ Bobie-bobie ” was an aboriginal name in use south of Sydney. 
“« An erect shrub, or small tree.” The general appearance of 
this wood is very much like Red Cedar, but it is rather heavier 
than that wood, is a little lighter in colour, and has a larger figure. 
A slab in the Technological Museum, which has been seasoned 
over twenty-five years (having been exhibited at the London Inter- 
national Exhibition of 1862), has a weight which corresponds to 
42lb. per cubic foot. 
Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. 
518. Phyllanthus Ferdinandi, I/wel/. Arg., N.O., Euphorbiacez, 
B.FI., vi., 96. 
‘““White Beech.” Called ‘‘ Pencil Cedar’’ in Southern New South 
’ 
Wales. “ Lignum-Vitz.” ‘‘Chow-way”’ of the aboriginals of Northern 
- New South Wales. ‘‘ Tow-war” of the Queensland aboriginals. 
Timber used for staves and buildings; it is easy to work, close 
in the grain, of a grey colour, and warps a good deal in drying. 
(Cat. Queensland Timbers, Col. and Ind. Exh., 1886.) Diameter, 
12 to 18in.; height, 70 to 8oft. 
New South Wales, Queensland and Northern Australia. 
519. Phyllocladus rhomboidalis, Rrch., (Syn. P. asplenifolia, 
Hook.f.; Podocarpus asplenifolia, Labill.; Thalamia asplent- 
folia, Spreng.) ; N.O., Coniferz, B.Fl., vi., 246. Zhalamia 
asplentfolia in Muell. Cens., p. 109. 
‘“‘Celery-topped Pine” (from the appearance of the upper part of the 
branchlets). 
The timber is valuable for ships’ masts and spars. “A 
slender tree, attaining 6oft., but reduced to a shrub on the summits 
of mountains.” 
Tasmania. 
520. Pimelea microcephala, &.2r., (Syn. P.distinctissema, F.v.M.; 
Calyptrostegia microcephala, Endl.); N.O., Thymelex, 
Be Bly vi.; 207. 
