596 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
silky lustre. When fresh, the colour is lighter than when the wood 
is older, but it is always inclined to a rich brown, and, therefore, 
the name “ Light Yellow-wood”’ is very inappropriate, and should 
only be used for Flindersta Oxleyana. A slab in the Techno- 
logical 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. 1oz. per cubic 
foot. Diameter, 18 to 24in.; height, 60 to 7oft. 
Northern New South Wales and Queensland. 
555- Ricinocarpus pinifolius, Desf, (Syn. RK. sideformis, F.v.M.; 
Reperia pinifolia, Spreng.; Lchinosphera rosmarinoides, 
Sieb.) ; N.O., Euphorbiacez, B:F1., vi., 70. 
A mere shrub usually, but grows larger under very favourable 
circumstances. Wood light coloured, soft, close in the grain, 
and works easily. 
Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and 
Queensland. 
556. Rulingia pannosa, 2.Zr., (Syn. Commersonia dasyphylia, 
Andr.; Buetineria dasyphylla, J. Gay; B. pannosa, DC.) ; 
'N.O., Sterculiacee, B.FI., i., 238. Commersonia dasy phylla 
in Muell. Cens., p. 16. 
“Black Kurrajong.” ‘‘ Kerrawah”’ is an aboriginal name. 
The quality of this timber is “above the average of Stercu- 
liaceous woods. It is of comparatively close grain and fair 
hardness, but it is excessively difficult to season, is liable to the 
attacks of a coleopterous insect, and is of no beauty. It dresses 
up fairly well, but, of course, it is rather porous. 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 311b, 202. 
per cubic foot. Height, up to about 3o0ft. 
Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. 
557- Sambucus xanthocarpus, /.v.0/., (Syn. Zripetelus aus- 
tralasicus, Lindl.)!; N.O., Caprifoliacez, B.FI., iii., 398. 
‘“ Native Elderberry.” 
