Tortoise Shell Tulip. 



(Pithecolobium Hendersoni, F.v.M.) 



The greatest recommendation in this timber is the fine figure and colour of its grain, 

 the latter being a mixture of pink and yellow, and these are further enhanced by polishing. It is 

 a light, soft timber, with a sap wood which must be removed, as it is liable to the attacks of 

 borers, therefore only the duramen can be used for cabinet work. It planes well, and has a 

 free and open grain, and looks handsome polished. It is suitable for any kind of internal 

 decoration, such as railway and elevator cars, fancy ornamental boxes, cabinets, trays, &c. 



Description of the Tree. A fair-sized tree of the brush lands of the Coast, with a 

 thin, comparatively smooth, bark. Leaves consisting of pinna? from one to two ; leaflets, 

 four to six, oblique, sessile, without any gland but one at the junction of the pinnae- 

 Flowers large, sessile, in globular heads. Corolla about f inch long. Stamens about 

 i A inches long, greenish-white. Pods curved, i. to i inch broad, outer margin undu- 

 late, deep red inside. Seeds black, shining. 



Geographical Range. Southern Queensland and Northern New South Wales Coast 

 districts. 



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