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152. Notelaea ligustrina, Ventenat. 
SPUHIOUS OLIVE. Natural Order — Oleacece. 
Found on shady torrents in the southern portion of the colony 
but seldom elsewhere. A tree of small dimensions. This is the 
Heart wood of Tasmania. Wood very hard, and yields a very 
peculiar figure. (Extracts from Jurors’ Report, Lond. Ex., 1862.) 
153. Panax Murrayi, F. v. Mueller. 
PALM-PANAX. A at itral Order — A raliacew. 
In Victorian territory only to he found on the south-eastern 
boundary of New South Wales. The slender palm-like stem 
attains seldom above 1 foot in diameter, though not rarely a 
height of 80 feet. The wood is singularly light and soft, is 
white and has a large pith. Specific gravity 0 348, or weight 
ot a cubic foot nearly 22 lbs., according to one experiment. ° 
154. Panax sambucifolius, Sieber. 
In forest valleys, particularly in the Fern-tree gullies. A 
small tree only ■ in Victoria it constitutes the variety hypoglama. 
155. Persoonia arborea, R. Brown. 
-A atiiral Or dev — Proteacecc. 
In the Fern-tree gullies, only on the south-western base of our 
a11 tbe species of this genus, reaching a 
height of fully 30 feet. 6 
156. Persoonia linearis, R. Brown. 
Not extending westward of Gippsland. A small, crooked tree, 
singular for the ^carious lamellae of its red bark. Wood close, 
prettily marked, will yield handsome veneers. (Sir William 
Macarthur.) 
157. Persoonia rigida, ft. Brown. 
Grampians, Mount Alexander, Buffalo Ranges, and mountains 
on the Hume River. A shrub of good size, but never a tree. 
158 . Pimelea raicrocephala, ft. Brown. 
Natural Order — Th ymelece . 
