1 66 A USTRALIAN BOTANY. 



the fruit of which is largely used in some countries. It is 

 a favourite article of diet in many parts of Australia, 

 and is generally cultivated, particularly in New South 

 Wales. 



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Queensland Cigar Cassia. — CASSIA (CATHARTO- 

 CARPUS) BREWSTERL (Natural Order, Leguminos.e.) 

 Pp. 54, 89. — A fair-sized tree, with pinnate foliage, sometimes 

 exceeding 30 feet in height. In the brush lands, and 

 upon the banks of rivers and creeks in Northern New South 

 Wales and Queensland, this tree is often a striking object 

 bearing long racemes of golden-yellow flowers. It is perhaps 

 the most attractive of the genus. 



Queensland Laurel. — (Diamond-leaf.) P. 30. — See also 

 Pittosporum. 



Queensland Native Plum. — ACHRAS. (Natural Order, 

 Sapotace.e.) See chapter 'Australian Vegetation,' p. 89. 



Queensland 'Spurge Holly.' — CCELEBOGYNE (AL- 

 CHORNEA) ILICIFOLIA. (Natural Order, Euphor- 

 eiaceje.) P. 47. — A glabrous, holly-like shrub, native of 

 Northern New South Wales and Queensland, usually found 

 near the coast. 



Queensland Tulip Tree. — STENOCARPUS SINU- 

 ATUS. (Natural Order, Proteace.e.) P. 30.— A tall- 

 growing, pinnatifid-leaved, timber tree, found on the banks 

 of rivers in Northern New South Wales and Queensland, 

 where, under favourable circumstances, it attains a height of 

 100 feet. The flowers are of a fiery red, and are borne in 

 umbels. The wood is beautifully grained, and very durable. 

 Quince. — CYDONIA VULGARIS. (Natural Order, 

 Rosacea. \ Pp. 30,. 41. 53, 186. — The common Quince-tree 



