250 WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



(v) A. glaudscens Willd. Also known as "Mountain Brigalow" 

 and "Rosewood." South-east Australia. Height 30 45 ft.; 

 diam. 1 1J ft. W 54. Resembling Walnut or Rosewood, 

 prettily marked, slightly fragrant, hard, close-grained, tough. 

 Used for spears and handles and suitable for turnery or 

 veneers. 



Myall, Bastard (i) (A. falcdta Willd.). Also known as 

 " Hickory, Lignum-vitse " and " Salee." East Australia. Height 

 2030 ft; diam. 612 in. Sap wood yellow; heart light 

 brown, heavy, hard, tough. Used for whip-handles and coach- 

 building. 



(ii) A. Cunninghdmi Hook. East Australia. Height 20 30 

 ft.; diam. 9 12 in. W 46'75. Dark, resembling the wood of 

 Red Cedar (Cedrela Toona], but heavier, close-grained, and taking a 

 good polish. A useful cabinet wood. 



Myall, Brigalow (A. harpophylla F. v. M.). Also known as 

 " Brigalow " [See Myall]. South Queensland. Brown, strongly 

 violet-scented, heavy, hard, elastic, durable, splitting freely. Used 

 for turnery, vine-stakes, spears and boomerangs. 



Myall, Dalby. See Ironwood (ii). 



My Lady, a West Indian wood, perhaps Neddndm sanguined 

 Rottb. [See Laurier Madame.] 



Myrobalan-wood (Termindlia belcrica Roxb. : Order Com- 

 bretdcew). India, Ceylon, Burma. "Babela." Sansk. "Bahira." 

 Pers. "Beleyleh.' ; Tarn. "Tandi." Height 5080 ft.; diam. 

 2 4 ft. W 40. Yellowish-grey, hard, improved by steeping, 

 but is liable to become worm-eaten and does not appear durable. 

 Used for packing-cases, coffee-boxes, grain-measures, canoes and 

 planking. [For allied species see Arjun, Harra, Lein, and 

 Saj.] 



Myrtle, a name not applied to any useful wood in the 

 Northern Hemisphere. In Tasmania and Victoria it refers 

 generally to Fdgus Cunninghdmii [See Beech, Evergreen] ; but 

 in New South Wales and Queensland to Syncdrpia leptopMala 

 F. v. M. (Order Myrtdcece) and to Backhousia scaditiphora 

 F. v. M. ; belonging to the same Order. Syncdrpia leptopttala 



