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Aboriginal Names. u Cndgerie," or " Cudgery," of Northern New South 

 .Wales and Southern Queensland. 



Cudgerie and Teal:. Under F. australis, I have already drawn attention, 

 to the confusion that has existed for so many years between "'Cudgerie" 

 (F. Schottiana) and Teak (F. australis). 



Leaves. Leaflets bright green and shiny in the upper surface; pale green 

 and dead dull on the lower; nearly eordate at base sometimes, except the 

 terminal one. 



To look at the leaves on a growing Cudgerie in the distance, the leaves look 

 larger than the Teak leaves, hut upon ohtaining them we find they are not 

 larger. The leaves are a beaut it'nl dark green, and have a pleasing appearance 

 when on the tree, reminding one of Silky Oak {(ircrtl'ca roltuxtu.) (AY. Dunn.) 



Fruit. Attention has already been directed to Cudgerie fruits in com- 

 parison with Teak fruits. Besides the roughened edges of the valves of 

 the latter, those of the former are flatter and less pungent. 



Bark. Smooth, and often glaucous. 



Timber. It is a pale-coloured (yellow when fresh, and drying to a whito 

 or cream colour), generally useful wood, which shrinks but little in drying. 

 3t is rather hard and tough, and is hence sometimes objected to on that 

 score. A recent special use is for railway keys. It is often used as a 

 substitute for Colonial Beech, which it resembles a good deal in outward 

 iippearance. It is used for shingles and staves, for flooring, and for general 

 carpentry work. It is softer than Native Teak, and not so durable as that 

 timber. The two timbers are really very different. 



I look upon Cudgerie as one of the most valuable of New South Wales 

 timbers, and one whose merits will be more appreciated as it becomes better 

 known. 



Size. It attains a large 1 si/e, up to over 100 feet in height, and a diameter 

 of over :> feet. 1 have alluded to its si/e. in comparison with Teak, in 

 Part XVII, p. 152, of my " Forest Flora of New South Wales." 



Habitat. It is confined to Northern New South Wales and Queensland. 



I do not know its northern limit in Queensland. Bentham records it 

 from Wide Bay (Bidwill) ; Cumberland Islands (Herb. F. Mueller) ; Bris- 

 bane River (A. Cunningham). I have it from Cairns (E. Betche) ; Gympie 

 (Dr. Hamilton-Kenny) ; and other localities. 



In New South Wales it does not appear to have been recorded south of 

 the Hastings River. From thence it is not uncommon, in brush forests, 

 to the Queensland border. 



At' Taylor's Arm there is a fair supply scattered in the brushes. (District 

 Forester T. H. Wilshire.) The same gentleman says: 



In speaking of the Ash from Mt. Yarrahappini. there is a fair supply to he 

 had; the trees attain fair height with rather small barrels. It is not used 

 much locally. 



But S. G. F. Smith, Stewart's Pt._, llaclcay River, asserts that: 



There are about l.ooo.ooo feet of this (Mountain Ash) growing in one sp< 

 i Mount Yarrahappini ; the barrels of some are SO feet in length. 



It is plentiful in the brush forests of the Macpherson Range (W. Dunn). 



