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Timber. — ^A reddish, fissile timber, used locally for furniture, veneers, 

 staves, gun-stocks, vpalking-sticks, picture-frames, &c. This timter is an 

 efficient substitute for the northern silky oaks {Orevillea and Orites) ; in 

 fact, it has long been used by the lUawarra dairy-farmers for such purposes 

 as butter-kegs. In the old days it veas used to a limited extent for 

 shingles. Mr. Forester Brovpn told me it had been used for gun-stocks at 

 Taree. 



A Beefwood formerly grew at ililton, wliich I believe to be this species. Tha 

 bar fittings in the " Termeil Hotel " are made from timber of the species pro- 

 cured at Milton. (E. H. Cambage.) 



I saw this work in 1892, shortly after its completion by jtfr. Bevan, the 

 proprietor of the hotel, who was also a carpenter and joiner, and it looked 

 handsome. The timber is Sienocarpus salignus. 



" A slab of this timber is of extreme beauty for the uniformity of the pale, 

 red4)rown, mottled colourj with an undulating figure perfectly uniform, oi" 

 hard texture, easily worked. Altogether one of the most beautiful woods in 

 the Exhibition, and of the highest merit," (Jurors' Reports, London Inter- 

 national Exhibition of 18B2.) As it ages it sobers down to a reddi.sh-brown 

 colour, with a tendency to uniformity of colour throughout. Prgteaceous 

 timbers are very characteristic in appearance, and this is no exception. 



A drawback to fissile timbers such as this is their fissility, and they 

 sometimes tear when in use. 



As to the beauty of this timber there can be no difference of Opinion. 

 I would like to see it more frequently utilised for furniture, as it is a 

 really handsome furniture wood. 



Size. — Usually 40 or 50 feet, with a stem diameter of 1 or 2 feet; but I 

 have seen trees twice as large or larger. 



Habitat. — ]Srew South Wales and Queensland, extending from the Illa,- 

 warra to Southern Queensland. The precise southern range of the species- 

 is unknown to me, and I should bo glad of information on the subject. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 23. 



A. Flower before expansion. 



B. Expanded flower. 



c. Flower, petals (perianth), with stamens renioved — (a) Ilypogy- 

 nous disc, (6) Stipitate ovary, (c) Stigmatic disc. 



D. Petal (perianth segment), with sessile anther. 



E. Stigmatic disc. 



r. Fruits (follicles). 



G. Seeds, sho\^'ing the thin lamelto separating them. 



Macadamia ternifolia, P.v.M. 



The Queensland ISTut. 



Botanical Name. — Macadamia, in honour of John Macadam, ^l.D., of 

 Victoria, Hon. Sec. of the Philosophical Institute of "Victoria at the time 

 the plant was described before that body; tcrnifolia (Latin), tei-ni (three 

 together), the leaves being commonly in threes. They, however, sometimes 

 form a whorl of four, and in very rare instances, even five. 



