THE TIMBERS OF COMMERCE 



Pith. ? 



Radial Section. Rather lighter than the Transverse section. 

 Pores, prominent, coarse and sinuous, often filled with black 

 resin. Rays, bold, dark red, very dull, conspicuous flakes 

 strongly resembling those of Grevillea robusta (see No. 162). 

 Rings, not traceable. Plate XXIII. Fig. 182. 



Tangential Section as the Radial, but the pores sometimes 

 straggle out of their original plane being dislodged by the rays. 

 Rays, large, dark-red, conspicuous, spindle-shaped bodies, dull 

 and plainly spongy to the naked eye, forming a net-work with the 

 ground- tissue : about 5 mm. high by o'5 mm. broad. Plate XXI. 



Fig- 175- 



Type specimens authenticated by F. M. Bailey and also by the 



Technological Museum, Sydney. 



No. 1 66. AUSTRALIAN SANDALWOOD. Fusanus 



spicatus. R. Br. 

 PLATE XII. FIG. 104. 



Natural Order. Santalaceae. 



Synonyms. F. spicatum. A. DC. F. Cygnorum Bth. San- 

 talum cygnorum. Miq. 



Physical Characters, etc. Recorded dry-weight 46^ Ibs. per 

 cu. ft. Hardness Grade 7, compare Alder. Smell character- 

 istic, like burning" joss-sticks" : overpowering and sickly when 

 in quantity : soon passing off. Taste nauseous. Burns well, 

 with lively flame : embers glow in still air : ash beautifully white. 

 The aroma when burning is not exactly that which one expects 

 from the smell of the wood. Solution with water colourless, 

 with alcohol faint yellow. 



Grain. Very fine but open, rather irregular. Surface dull. 



Bark. Of one layer, hard, about J- inch thick : of the colour 

 of Rosewood in section : fissured, rugged, dark brown, hard and 

 crisp to the touch. 



Uses, etc. Carving and the making of " joss-sticks ". At 

 present exported to China only. 



Authorities. Laslett (60), p. 254. Ednie Brown (17), p. 17. 



Colour. Yellow to brown : golden-yellow, streaked with dark 

 lines similiar to Olive-wood. Heart-wood sharply defined from 

 the ecru sap-wood which is about |-| inch wide. 



Anatomical Character* Transverse section : 



Pores. Need lens, small and inconspicuous, size 5, a little 

 regular diminution towards the outer side of the ring : rather 

 -evenly scattered : 70-100 per sq. mm. : mostly single ? if ever 

 grouped or subdivided : no pore-ring : carmine contents visible 

 here and there. 



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