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566. Spondias pleiopyna, 7.7.47, N.O., Anacardiaceze, Muell. 
Cens., p. 26. 
‘““ Sweet Plum,” or ‘‘ Burdekin Plum.” 
Wood hard, dark brown, with red markings, resembling 
American walnut; the grain pretty close, splits quite straight; an 
excellent wood for the joiner or cabinet-maker, also suitable for 
turnery. (Cat. Queensland Timbers, Col. and Ind. Exh., 1886.) 
Queensland. 
567. Spondias Solandri, Bentham, (Syn. S. acida, Soland.); N.O., 
Anacardiacez, B.FI., i., 492. 
A moderate-sized tree, the trunk occasionally acquiring a very 
great thickness. Timber soft when cut, though it afterwards 
becomes hard and tough. (Hill.) Diameter, 24 to 36in.; height, 
40 to 6oft. 
Queensland. 
568. Stenocarpus salionus, R.Br., (Syn. S. acacioides, F.v.M. ; 
. Hakea rubricaulis, Colla.; Embothrium rubricaule, Giord.) ; 
N.O., Proteacez, B.FI., v., 539. 
“Silky Oak,” ‘Silvery Oak,” ‘ Beef-wood.” ‘‘Melyn”’ of the 
aboriginals. 
This timber is of a reddish colour, close in the grain, hard, and 
splits easily. It is valuable for the finer kinds of coopers’ work. 
(Hill.) Itis used for making furniture, picture frames, walking- 
sticks, and veneers. It is worthy of note that this is the only 
Proteaceous tree common in cedar brushes. (Macarthur.) A slab 
of this timber is of extreme beauty for the uniformity of the pale 
red-brown mottled colour, with an undulating figure perfectly 
uniform, of hard texture, easily worked. Altogether one of the 
most beautiful woods in the Exhibition, and of the highest merit. 
(Furors’ Reports, London International Exhibition of 1862.) It 
has been so much appreciated that it is getting scarce. As it ages 
it sobers down with a tendency to uniformity of colour throughout. 
Proteaceous timbers are very characteristic in appearance, and 
this is no exception. A slab in the Technological Museum, 
which has been seasoned over twenty-five years (having been 
