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17 1. Pultensea altissima, F v. Mueller . 
Natural Order — Leguminosce. 
East Gippsland. A tall shrub, but never truly arboreus. 
172 . Sambucus xanthocarpa, F. v. Mueller. 
THE NATIVE ELDER-TREE. Natural Order — 
Cap rifoliacece . 
East Gippsland. Wood soft, light, and pale-coloured. 
173 . Santalum acuminatum, De Candolle. 
NATIVE PEACH or QUANDONG. Natural 
Order — Sa n ta lacece. 
I11 the Mallee scrub. Always a small tree. Specific gravity 
of wood, 0*828. Quandong nuts are strung for bracelets 
and mounted for pins. The fruit is of an agreeable acidulous 
taste, and usually every alternate year richly produced. The 
kernel of the fruit, which is also edible, is oleaginous. Wood 
probably fit for wood-engraving. (Moore.) Weight of a cubic 
foot of dry wood, about 51}^ lbs. 
174. Santalum persiearium, F. v. Mueller . 
NATIVE SANDALWOOD. 
In the Murray desert. A small tree. Specific gravity of wood 
0*747, according to a solitary experiment by Mr. Osborne. The 
bark yields tannic acid. 
175 . Senecio Bedfordii, F : v. Mueller. 
NATIVE DOGWOOD. 
(Bedfordia salicina, D.C.J 
Natural Order — Composites. 
In Fern-tree gullies and in other shady and springy glens. A 
hard, pale-brown, well-mottled wood; good for turnery. (Jurors' 
