616 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
This wood has been found by Dr. Bancroft to possess 
poisonous properties. It is of a yellow colour, close in the grain, 
and easy to work. 
Johnstone River (Queensland), 
628. Zieria Smithii, Azdr., (Syn., Z. lanceolata, R.Br.; Boronia 
arborescens, F.v.M.); N.O., Rutacez, B.FI., i., 306. 
Colonial names are ‘‘Sandfly Bush” and ‘‘ Turmeric.” It is also 
called ‘‘ Stinkwood” in Tasmania. 
Wood yellowish, toughish, requires careful seasoning. Has 
a neat figure, though with no pretensions to beauty. A slab in 
the Technological Museum, which has been seasoned over twenty- 
five years (having been exhibited at the London International 
Exhibition of 1862), has a weight which corresponds to 38lb. per 
cubic foot. 
Important Note-—The slab of timber which I have thus 
described and weighed is labelled Zzerza lanceolata in the Exhibi- 
tion Catalogue, but the wood is remarkably like that of an Zvodza, 
and this timber may turn out to have been yielded by Z. micrococca, 
Foy, MX B Fle, 307.) 
All the colonies except South and Western Australia. 
629. Zizyphus Jujuba, Zom., N.O., Rhamnew, B.FI., i., 412. 
The “ Jujube Tree” of India. 
A moderate-sized deciduous tree, almost evergreen. The 
wood is hard and reddish (Gamble), but Kurz describes it as with 
yellowish sap-wood, and heart-wood dark brown. It is good for 
charcoal. Its weight varies between 43 and 52lb. per cubic foot. 
(Gamble.) In India it is used for saddle trees and agricultural 
implements, oil mills, and other purposes. 
Queensland. 
630. Zizyphus Ginoplia, 4777/.; (Syn., Z. Mapeca, Roxb.; Z, 
celtidifolia, DC.; Z. rufula, Mig.); N.O., Rhamnez, B.FI., 
lee Ailiz. 
This straggling shrub is cultivated for hedges in India. 
Northern Australia. 
