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cabinet purposes, and very durable for telegraph posts. (Moore.) 
Specific gravity, 0*691. Resin from this species and from 
C. cupressiformis is available in considerable abundance ; it 
exudes naturally from the bark in tears, or small pendulous 
masses, and also flows from incisions made to encourage exuda- 
tion. It is almost identical with the best Sandarac from the 
Callitris quadrivalis of North Africa, so largely used in the 
manufacture of varnishes. ( Jurors' Report , 1861, page 57.) 
Weight of a cubic foot of dried wood, about 43 lbs. 
52. Carumbium populifolium, Reinwardt. 
(Omcilanthus populijolius , Grah.) Natural Order — 
R u phorbiacece . 
Occurring in the eastern extremity of Gippsland. A tall shrub 
or small tree. 
53 . Cassinia aculeata, R. Brown. 
Natural Order — Composites. 
Frequent in moist wooded tracts of the colony. Oftener a shrub 
than a small tree. The wood is white and hard. 
54 . Cassinia Isevis, R. Brown. 
Murray Desert. Wood light and soft. 
55 . Casuarina distyla, Ventenat. 
THE SHRUBBY SHE-OAK. ( C . rigida, Miq.) 
Natural Order — Casuarince . 
Widely dispersed through the colony. Suited for fixing drift- 
sand. 
56. Casuarina glauca, Sieber . 
THE DESERT SHE-OAK. 
A middle-sized tree. For description of timber see the follow- 
ing more abundantly dispersed species. The timber of the various 
Casuarmas is in some parts of the colony known by the name of 
Beefwood. All Casuarmas may be pollarded for cattle fodder,. 
