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A drawback to fissile timbers such as this is their fissility, and they sometimes 
tear when in use. 
As to the beauty of this timber there can be no difference of opinion; I 
would like to see it more frequently utilised for furniture, as it is a really handsome 
furniture wood. 
Exudations. —Small quantities of gum have been seen on bruised trees of 
this species several times. I look upon gum as being usually a pathological product, 
and hence most likely to be found on sickly and injured trees. 
(,Stenocarpus sinuatus, Endl., “ Yiel Yiel,” Fire-tree. I have seen a small 
quantity of a reddish gum (?) from this tree.) 
Size. —Usually 40 or 50 feet, with a stem-diameter of 1 or 2 feet; but I have 
seen trees twice as large or larger. 
Habitat. —New South Wales and Queensland, extending from the Ulawarra 
to Southern Queensland. The precise southern range of the species is unknown to 
me, and I should be glad of information on the subject. 
Propagation. —From seed. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 23. 
a. Flower before expansion. 
b. Expanded flower. 
c. Flower, petals (perianth), with stamens removed. 
a. Hypogynous diec. 
b. Stipitate ovary. 
c. Stigmatic disc. 
D. Petal (perianth segment), with sessile anther. 
e. Stigmatic disc. 
F. Fruits (follicles). 
o. Seeds, showing the thin lamellae separating them. 
