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la the north-western desert. A tall shrub. Bark extremely 
tough and acrid. 
159. Pittosporum bicolor, Hooker. 
WHITEWOOD. Natural Order— -Pittosporecv. 
Chiefly in Fern-tree gullies. A small or occasionally a middle- 
sized tree. Wood valuable for handles of implements, and has 
been used for wood-engraving by Mr. F. Grosse. It is yellowish- 
white, very hard and of uniform texture and colour, used in 
turnery. Once used for clubs by the Tasmanian natives. The 
tree yields a pale useful gum. Specific gravity of wood 0*874, 
or weight of a cubic foot nearly 4S lbs. 
160. Pittosporum phillyroides, Be Candolle. 
Restricted to the desert tracts— on sandy or barren stony 
declivities and plains, chiefly on limestone subsoil. A small 
tree, bitter in all its parts, yielding a gum similar to gum-arabic. 
Cattle are fond of the leaves. 
161. Pittosporum revolutum, Alton. 
On lightly-timbered undulations and ridges near the south- 
eastern boundary of G.ppsland. A shrub from several feet 
high attaining in favourably sheltered forest ravines the size of a 
small tree. 
162. Pittosporum undulatum, Vcntenat. 
FRAGRANT PITTOSPORUM. 
In the humid forest glens from Western Port and Dandenong 
eastward throughout G.ppsland Attains ,n pourable locahtie 
a height of 80 feet, and a stem-diameter of two feet The wood is 
ton*?, but easily worked. ( Jurors' Report, 1862 ) Wood excellent 
for ’turnery, and apparently adapted for wood-engraving, .an 
favourably ^reported upon by Mr. De la Motte as to i s sui tabih y 
for this purpose. [Jurors Report, London Ex 1862.) ibe 
bark only yielded tannic acid 1-2 per cent., and gallic acid 0 
per cent.; 100 lbs. of flowers gave on distillation 2 ozs. of essentia 
oil of exquisite fragrance. (F. v. Mueller.) 
163. Plagianthus pulchellus, Gray. 
One of the Currijongs. Natural Order— Malvacea. 
(: Sida puhliella, Bmp.) 
