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name of " Crow's Foot Elm." According to Bailey, this is the name given at Atherton, 
Northern Queensland, to his variety pemlata. At all events this name is commonest 
in use about Atherton. 
Aboriginal Name. The name of the aborigines has several spellings, and I 
give five of them, without presuming to say which should stand. I may, however, 
remark that the first spelling is the one most generally accepted : Buyong, Boyung, 
Byong, Boiong, and Booiong. 
Synonyms. Argyrodendron trifoliolatum F.vM. in Fragmenta, vols. i, p. 2; 
ii, p. 177. Tarrietia actinodendronTarrietia trifoliolata F.v.M. 
Fruit. It seeds freely. The fruit affords an instance of what is known as a 
" Samara," i.e., in which the nut is continued into a flattened expansion or wing, as 
shown in the figure. This form of fruit is more familiar to most people in the Maple, 
Ash, and Elm. 
Timber. Buyong timber bears a general resemblance to Elm. According to 
the general report of the Sydney International Exhibition of 1879, it is useful for piles 
in water. It is a useful cooper's wood, but locally it does not appear to be much used, 
except for firewood and building purposes. But in view of the fact that it has been 
recognised that it has a pretty grain resembling, but smaller, that of some " Silky 
Oaks," it is tardily coming into its own as a cabinet-wood. Mr. R. T. Baker, in his work 
" Cabinet Timbers of Australia " (1913) has a charming coloured plate of this wood. 
Tarrie'.ias belong to the Family Sterculiacese, the best known member of which 
is the Kurrajong. Buyong timber appears to be one of the best in the whole of the 
Family, which is not, however, remarkable for the quality of the timber yielded by any 
member of it. They are better known, of course, on account of their fibrous inner barks, 
which were utilised by the aborigines. 
A Queensland report says, " Wood of a light-pink colour in the south, but darker 
in the north. It is prettily grained, moderately soft, and produces a very fine polish. 
' The good qualities of this timber are not yet generally known, and it has 
consequently not been much used. It is doubtless very suitable for cabinet-work, 
picture frames, staves for casks, and probably for general building purposes where not 
exposed to the weather. Should be felled only during the winter when the sap is down." 
The following paragraph was published in Australian newspapers in November, 
1907 : 
" Crow's Foot Elm." Some time ago the Director of Forests in Queensland 
strongly recommended to the Federal authorities " crow's foot elm " as material for 
the manufacture of rifle stocks, in the contemplated small-arms manufactory. The 
director enclosed the opinion of a rifle manufacturing expert, also samples of the rifle- 
stocks at present in use manufactured from the timber. The director learns from a 
correspondent in Melbourne that there is every probability of his recommendations being 
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