TIMBERS. 607 
The sap-wood light yellow, with a darker coloured heart- 
‘wood; the wood generally is hard and tough; might be suitable 
for chair making. 
Queensland. 
595. Terminalia Thozetii, Benth., N.O., Combretacez, B.FI., ii., 
500. 
Wood close grained and tough, of a pale yellow colour, 
Splitting freely. Diameter, 12 to 36in.; height, 50 to goft. 
Central Queensland. 
596. Tetranthera reticulata, AZecssn., (Syn. 7. Fawceettiana, 
F.v.M.; Zitswa reticulata, Benth.; Cylicodaphne Fawcettiana, 
F.v.M.); N.O., Laurinez, B.FI.,v., 306. Zzt¢se@a reticulata in 
Muell. Cens., p. 4. 
** Cudgerie”’ of the Bunya Mountains (Queensland). 
“‘ A tree of considerable size.” Wood of a grey colour, close 
in the grain, light, and easy to work ; suitable for flooring boards. ° 
Queensland. 
597. Thespesia populnea, Corr., (Syn. Hibiscus populneus, Willd.) ; 
N.O., Malvacee,.B.FI., i. 221. 
This moderate-sized evergreen tree is common on the shores 
of most tropical countries of both hemispheres. The wood is 
considered almost indestructible under water, and is, therefore, used 
for boat-building, besides which its hardness and durability render 
it valuable for cabinet-making and building purposes, while in 
Ceylon it is used for gunstocks. (Treasury of Botany.) See also 
Seemann (Flora Vitiensis). The centre of the old stems generally 
decay in the way European Elms do, and the wood towards that 
_part presents a deep claret colour. Its weight is about solb. per 
cubic foot. (Gamble.) 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
598. Timonius Rumphii, DC., (Syn. Polyphragmon sericeum, 
Desf.; Guetiarda poly phragmordes, F.v.M.); N.O., Rubiacez, 
Ber). iil; 417. 
