604 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
valued, as well as for the inside of houses and ship-building, 
This wood reminds one of Cedar, but it is a little heavier, is of 
rather a deader colour, and it is apt to tear under the plane, hence 
it fetches only about half the price of Cedar in Sydney. But it 
polishes well, and has a sheen which is very pretty. Two slabs in 
the Technological Museum, which have been seasoned over twenty- 
five years (having been exhibited at the London International 
- Exhibition of 1862), have weights which correspond to q1lb. 50z. 
and 44lb. 150z. per cubic foot respectively. Diameter, 18 to 24in.; 
height, 40 to 6oft. 
Néw South Wales and Queensland. 
582. Tarrietia actinophylla, Za:/., N.O., Sterculiaceze, Syn. 
Queensland Flora. (Bailey.) 
A “ Stavewood.” 
A tall tree. Wood very tough, of a stringy, straight grain, 
resembling English Ash; will bend better than that wood, which 
points it out as a suitable wood for chair making, carriage work, 
axe handles, etc. (Ca/. Queensland Woods, Col. and Ind. Exh., 
1886.) 
South Queensland. 
583. Tarrietia areyrodendron, Bensh., (Syn. Argyrodendron tri- 
foliolatum, F.v.M.); N.O., Sterculiacez, B.FI., i., 230. ; 
“¢ Silver Tree,”’ ‘‘ Black Stavewood,” ‘‘ Stonewood,” and ‘ Ironwood,” 
‘“* Boyung,” “ Byong,” or ‘‘ Boiong” of the aboriginals of Northern New 
South Wales. 
This timber is useful for piles in water. (General Report, 
Sydney International Exhibition, 1879.) It is white, hard, close- 
grained, tough, and firm, and may be used as a substitute for 
English Beech. It is a valuable coopers’ wood. Diameter, 24 to 
36in.; height, 70 to goft. 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
584. Tarrietia trifoliata, 7.v.47., (Syn. Z.actinodendron, F.v.M.); 
N.O., Sterculiaceze, Muell. Cens., p. i5. 
‘Red Beech” of Johnstone River (Queensland). 
It is not unlike common Red Cedar in appearance, but it is 
harder than that wood. It is used for building purposes, but soon 
