610 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
605. Tristania neriifolia, R.2r., (Syn. Z. salicina, A. Cunn. ; 
Melaleuca neriifolia, Bot. Mag.; M. salicifolia, Andr.); 
N.O., Myrtacez, B.FI., iii., 262. 
Called ‘‘Water Gum” in the Illawarra district (New South Wales), 
also ‘‘ Water Myrtle.” It is the “‘ Ooramilly ” of the Illawarra aboriginals. 
Timber very close and elastic; used for carpenters’ mallets 
and the cogs of wheels in machinery (Hill) ; also for axe and other 
handles. Much valued for boat-building, but very difficult to 
season without rending. (Sir W. Macarthur.) A slab in the 
Technological Museum, which has been seasoned over twenty-five 
years (having been exhibited at the London International Exhibi- 
tion of 1862), has a weight which corresponds to 66lb. goz. per 
cubic foot. Diameter, 18 to 24in.; height, 80 to 1ooft. 
New South Wales. 
606. Tristania suaveolens, Smz/z, (Syn. 7. depressa, A. Cunn.; 
T. rhytiphloia, Fv.M.; Melaleuca suaveolens, Gertn.); N.O., 
Myrtacee, B.FI., iii., 262. 
‘Bastard Peppermint” of Northern New South Wales. Other names 
are “Broad-leaved Water Gum” and “Swamp Mahogany,” It is the 
“ Kibbera” of the aboriginals of the Richmond and Clarence Rivers, and 
the ‘‘ Boolerchu”’ of those of Queensland. 
Timber used for buggy and coach frames, tool handles, 
mallets, cogs of wheels, posts, etc. It is remarkably strong and 
elastic, tough, close-grained, and durable, but it is liable to rend 
in seasoning. ‘It is of a red colour, resembling Spanish mahog- 
any. It is extensively used for piles, as it is found to resist the 
ravages of the Teredo longer than any wood as yet tried in the 
colony.” (Cat. Queensland Woods, Col. and Ind. Exh., 1886.) 
Mr. Allen Ransome experimented upon a sample of this 
timber sent from New South Wales to the Colonial and Indian 
Exhibition. Although not thoroughly seasoned, boards were 
planed with remarkably good results, the cutters working freely, 
and leaving an excellent surface. Diameter, 12 to 18in. ; height, 
50 to 6oft. ; 
New South Wales, Queensland and Northern Australia. 
