Ironwood or Crowsfoot Elm. 



(Tarrietia argyrodendron, Bentham.) 



This tree occurs in New South Wales and Queensland, although it is generally 

 regarded as restricted to the latter State where it is more plentiful, and where supplies are 

 generally looked for. The timber should be cut on the quarter if the best figure is to be obtained 

 for cabinet work, and seasoned quickly, as it is liable to deteriorate rapidly if left in the log. 

 Its chief character is a neat, very pretty figure, the medullary rays being numerous and 

 well marked, as seen in the plate here given ; is medium in weight, rather open in 

 the grain, dresses well and takes a good polish. It has been used for interior panelling in 

 some of the Queensland Railway carriages, being suitable for most kinds of inside decorative 

 work, especially railway passenger cars and ships' cabins, also for brush backs, ornamental boxes, 

 turnery, furniture, &c. 



Description of Tree. A large, erect tree, the stem often exceeding 5 feet in 

 diameter. Leaves trifoliate, the petioles somewhat angular, mostly 2 to 3 inches long. 

 Leaflets lanceolate, from 4 to 7 inches long and from i to 2 inches broad towards the 

 middle, the indumentum more silvery than usual in this genus, but with the same 

 numerous small brown scales. Carpels muricate, oval or globose, \ to f inch long by 

 about \ inch diameter, furnished with an oblong, oblique, erect wing 2 to 4 inches long 

 by about ij inches broad, clothed with the same rusty, stellate scales as the under side 

 of the leaves. 



Geographical Range. Coastal districts, from Pine River, Queensland, to Clarence 

 River, New South Wales. 



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