598 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
and irritation. Weight, about 37lb. per cubic foot. (Gamble.) 
Height, about 3o0ft. 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
562. Sersalisia sericea, 2.27., (Syn Srderoxylon sericeum, Ait. ; 
Lucuma sericea, Benth, and Hook. f.; Amorphospermum 
antilogum, F.v.M.); N.O., Sapotacee, B.FI., iv., 279. 
Lucuma sericea in Muell. Cens., p. gt. 
Called “‘ Berryarrah” and “ Roomal” by Queensland aboriginals. 
Wood hard, close-grained, tough, and firm. Diameter, 12 to 
20in. ; height, 60 to 7oft. 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
563. Sesbania epyptica, Pers., (Syn. Zeschynomene Sesban, Linn.) ; 
N.O., Leguminosz, B.FI., ii., 212. 
““Ngeen-jerry” of the aboriginals of the Cloncurry River (North Queensland). 
This shrub or small tree is used in India as a substitute for 
the bamboo. Its wood makes excellent gunpowder charcoal. 
(Cyclop. of India.) It is not durable, and its weight is 27]b. per 
cubic foot. (Gamble.) Good for children’s toys. (Kurz.) 
Northern Australia. 
564. Siphonodon australe, Benth. N.O., Celastrinee, B.FI., i., 
403. : 
“ Tvory-wood.” ‘‘Currayelbum” of the aboriginals of Northern New 
South Wales. ‘‘ Umpurr”’ of those of Queensland. 
Wood white,* very close in the grain, firm, and easily worked ; 
an excellent wood for the cabinet-maker, and probably suitable for 
engraving, (Cat. Queensland Timbers, Col. and Ind. Exh., 
1886.) Diameter, ro to 24in.; height, 40 to soft. 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
565. Solanum verbascifolium, 47/., N.O., Solanez, B.FI., iv., 449. 
This tree or shrub is perhaps the largest of the genus. Its 
wood is of a yellow colour, easily worked, of a close grain, and 
light. It is, however, of very little use. 
Northern New South Wales and Queensland. 
* Of a uniform yellowish colour, according to Thozet, 
