i io A USTRAL1AN BOTANY. 



found near rivers and in dense forests. The Tasmanian 

 species {Phyllocladus rhomboidalis) furnishes good masts 

 and spars. The New Zealand species, known as the Pitch 

 Pine {Phyllocladus trickomanoides)^ is similarly utilised. 



Cheesewood, p. 194. — See Pittosporum ; also chapter 

 'Australian Vegetation/ p. 82. 



Cherry.— PRUNUS CERASUS. (Natural Order, Rosa- 

 cea.) Pp. 25, 38, 43, 51, 53, 184. — A native of Britain. 

 The present numerous varieties are supposed to have sprung 

 from two species only. The value of this fruit is too well 

 known to need comment. The hard and tough wood is 

 largely used for cabinet-work, walking-sticks, pipe-stems, 

 etc Many varieties of this tree flourish in Australia. 



Chilli. — CAPSICUM ANNUUM. (Natural Order, 

 SoLANEiE.) P. 53. — A well-known annual, bearing red 

 or yellow pods, from which, when dried, Cayenne pepper 

 is prepared. 



Chinese Hawthorn. — PHOTINIA SERRULATA. 

 (Natural Order, Rosacea.) P. 38. — Also known as 

 the Chinese Maybud — a beautiful shrub, bearing a pro- 

 fusion of white blossoms. Common in our planta- 

 tions. 



Cinnamon. — CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM. 

 (Natural Order, Laurine^e.) P. 187. — This species, from 

 which the supply of Cinnamon bark is chiefly obtained, 

 is a small tree, with bright, glossy leaves. It grows very 

 abundantly in Ceylon. India possesses several species of 

 Cinnamomum, one of which {Cinnamomum tamald) also 

 grows in Queensland. Cinnampmums zeylanicum and 

 laurifolium succeed very well in parts of Queensland and 

 New South Wales, and fairly in the neighbourhood of 



