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that the aboriginal name was Boggunyan." I would suggest that neither 

 " Ingmunyon " nor " Boggunyan " are true aboriginal names, but were used 

 by the blacks in imitation of the settlers' names of "Onion" or "Bog 

 Onion." 



Timber. This is a useful wood of the cedar class the wood, in fact, 

 being often sold as Bastard Cedar. The name (Onionwood) is owing to 

 the smell of the wood, which is fugitive, and therefore not offensive. Used 

 for the same purposes as Cedar. 



Size. A medium-sized tree. Average height 100 feet, with a diameter 

 of 18 inches (Forester Pope). Mr. W. Baeuerlen, then of Tintenbar, gives 

 the height'at 40 to 50 feet, with a stem-diameter of 1 foot. 



Habitat. This tree is confined, so far as is at present known, to the 

 brushes of Northern New South Wales and Southern Queensland. 



Very little in Clarence River district, but plentiful in the Richmond River 

 district. Found scattered about in nearly all the brush forests of the Tweed, 

 wherever the soil is inclined to be rich. (Forester Pope.) It grows plenti- 

 fully in Forest Reserve 1,120 (Casino district). 



What the southern limit of this tree is we do not know. It appears to 

 become scarce south of the Clarence. It extends into Queensland, Mr. 

 IT. M. Bailey giving the locality simply as " southern scrubs." 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 115. 



A. Leaf, shown in outline, one leaflet showing venation. 



B. Panicle of flowers, 

 c. Young flower. 



D. Flower, the petals (5) removed, showing (a) Bracts, (&) Calyx, 



(c) Staminal tube, bearing 10 anthers, (d) Petal. 



E. Staminal tube, opened out (outside). 



F. Portion of staminal tube, opened out (inside). 



G. Pistil (a) Disc, (6) Ovary, (c) Style, (d) Stigma. 

 H. Transverse section of ovary. 



K. Fruit. 



L. Portion of stem, showing leaf scars. 



Melia Azedarach, L. var. australasica, 0. DO. 



THE WHITE CEDAR. 



Botanical Name. Melia, the Greek name of the Manna Ash (Fraximis 

 Ornus), and applied to this tree because of a supposed resemblance of its 

 leaves to those of the Ash; Azedarach, from the Persian " Azad-darkht," 

 the name more strictly applied, to M. Azadirachta, the common Indian 

 " Neercu " tree, but applied by Linnaeus to a closely-related congener. 



Vernacular Names. Universally known in Australian as " White Cedar.' r 

 In other countries it has other names. In India it is known as " Persian 

 Lilac," also as "Bastard Cedar" and "Bead Tree" (the last because the 

 fruits, with the pulp removed, are strung together as beads, and for 

 rosaries) . 



