628 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE -PLANTS. 
4t. Melaleuca ericifolia, Sth, (Syn. MZ. nodosa, Sieb. non 
Smith; J. Gunniana, Schau.; M. heliophila, F.v.M.); 
N.O., Myrtacez, B.FI., iii., 159. 
Baron Mueller suggests that the friable lamellar bark of this 
tree may be converted into blotting-paper, and even into filtering- 
paper. 
All the colonies except Western Australia. 
42. Melaleuca styphelioides, S77*h, N.O., Myrtacez, B.FI, iii., 
144. 
“Black, or Prickly-leaved Tea-tree.” ‘‘ Naambaar” of the aboriginals 
of the Illawarra district (New South Wales). 
The bark is used for packing, and for caulking boats and 
other purposes. 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
43. Pandanus odoratissimus, Z7zx. 77., N.O., Pandanee, B.FI., 
vii., 148. 
*¢ Screw Pine.” 
The leaves of this tree are in India, Ceylon, etc., extensively 
manufactured into mats, baskets, and hats. The fibre of the leaf 
is white, soft, glossy, ill-suited for cordage, but it has been found 
well adapted for the preparation of a good quality of paper, also 
for good sacking. Its fibrous aerial roots are much employed as 
paint brushes. The fusiform roots are composed of tough fibres, 
which basket-makers split and use to tie their work with; they are 
also so soft and spongy as to serve the natives for corks. In the 
Mauritius, its leaves are employed for package bags for the 
transport of coffee, sugar, and grain. As soon as gathered, the 
spines on their edges and dorsal nerve are stripped off, and the 
leaf divided into strips of the breadth proper for the use they are 
required for; this operation is performed with the blade of a 
common straight knife ; they are then laid in the sun for a few 
hours to dry. When required for working into mats, the slips are 
passed under the blade of a knife, applied with moderate pressure, 
to remove al! asperities on their surface, which gives them a 
polish, and makes them plain and more convenient to the hands. 
The leaves are also made into a kind of sleeping mat by the 
