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Timber. Wood very hard and close-grained; it has the reputation of being 
very durable underground like that of most Tea-trees. Thus it is used for posts, for 
corduroy-roads, and for standing in water and in damp places generally. It has been 
used for engraving, but with no marked success. An engraving in which this wood is 
used will be found at page 50, vol. v, of the Proc. Philosoph. Inst. of Victoria for 1859. 
It is a " wood-cut designed by Dr. Ludwig Becker, and engraved by Mr. Grosse, which 
proves to be fully equal to European boxwood for the purpose of wood engraving." 
The wood varies in colour from a uniform drab to dark red, and some specimens 
have a very pretty grain, which looks well under polish. It is fairly easy to work, 
and dresses admirably. It resembles that of the better-known Turpentine (Syncarpia) 
somewhat. Two slabs of this wood in the Technological Museum, which had been 
seasoned over twenty-five years (having been exhibited at the London International 
Exhibition of 1862), had weights which correspond to 56 lb., 13 oz. and 60 Ib. 12 oz. 
per cubic foot respectively. Specific gravity -983 (61 J lb. per cubic foot). (Report 
Victorian Exhibition, 1861.) 
Size. While often seen as a large shrub, it may attain the dignity of a 
medium-sized tree, especially as one goes north. 
Habitat. The normal form, as figured, appears to be confined to New South 
Wales and Queensland. In New South Wales it is found in the greater part of the 
eastern portion, where, with most Tea-trees, it frequents moist places. We require 
more information as to southern localities, and we do not know how far north it occurs 
in Queensland. The Victorian, Tasmanian and South Australian localities given in 
the Flora Australiensis are not those of the normal form. 
NEW SOUTH WALES. The following are specimens represented in the National 
Herbarium, Sydney. 
Southern Localities. Box Point, Wingello to Kangaroo River (banks) (J.H.M.); 
Badgery's Crossing, Shoalhaven River (W. Forsyth and A. A. Hamilton); Nowra 
(A. A. Hamilton); Mt. Kembla (A. G. Hamilton); Menangle (E. Harper); Cobbitty 
Bridge, near Camden, of fair size (J.H.M.). Both these localities are Nepean River. 
Western Localities. -" Tall plants of 10-12 feet, much branched, with several 
stems, pendulous and willow-like in habit. Growing near the running water in which 
the lower branches dip." Bent's Basin, Nepean River (E. Cheel and J. L. Boorman); 
Nepean, near Penrith (A. A. Hamilton). 
Grose River and banks of Nepean River near confluence with the Grose. Robert 
Brown collected here about May, 1803, and January, 1805. (R. H. Cambage and 
J.H.M.). 
Bull Ridge, near Windsor (H.'J. Leroy). "An interesting form, with more 
prominent oil glands and woolly fruits." (E. Cheel.) 
