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by Wildeman in leones Selectee Thenensis iii, 140, plate 115); C. australis, Sweet, 
Sort. Brit., ed. ii, 474; C. arenosa, Sweet, loc. cit. (nomen) ; C. australis, Hook, f., 
Bond. Journ. Bot. iv, 147, non R.'Br.; C. articulata, Hort. ex. Gord. Finetum, ed. 
ii, 117; Thuya australis, Poir (Desf. ?) ; Cupressus australis, Desf. non Persoon ; 
F. rhomhoidea, Endl., op. cit. 36; Frenela australis, Endl. (non R.Br.), Syn. Conif. 
37; F. arenosa, A. Cunn. ex Endl., op. cit. 38; F. triquetra, Spacli., Sist. Fey. 
Than, xi, 345; F. attenuata, A. Cunn., ex B.Fl. vi, 238; F. variabilis, Carr., 
Conif., ed. i, 75. 
Timber. —Not a highly figured Cypress pine timber; none of the coastal- 
grown pines appear to have much figure. “Wood soft, not supposed to be durable ” 
(Sir William Macarthur, speaking of the Sydney district). Timber from the Dorrigo 
is of very little figure, nearly as plain as that of C. Macleayana, and but slightly 
aromatic. Backhouse ( Narrative, p. 142) speaks of it as affording narrow-plank 
and small timber, which is useful in building, but not easy to work, being liable to 
splinter; it has an aromatic smell. 
The Tasmanian timber (Oyster Bay Pine) is used for telegraph poles. The 
bark must always be stripped as soon as cut, otherwise insects get in and destroy 
the timber. The above notes I obtained at Oyster Bay. 
Wood of little use, said to be obnoxious to bugs, from its resinous odour..—(FI. Tas.) 
Timber strong and durable, used for furniture, planks, weatherboards, battens, etc.— {Cat. Col. and 
Ind. Exh., 1886.) 
Size. —Usually a tree of 30 or 40 feet in height, with a stem diameter of 
about a foot. The largest tree measured by District Eorester Rotton at Tomerong, 
N.S.W., was 15 inches in diameter. 
Backhouse describes this as 50-70 feet high and 6-9 in. in girth, of a pyramidal 
shape, and giving a peculiar feature to the landscape. Gunn gives it as 25-30 feet. 
The above refers to Tasmanian (East Coast) trees. I have seen it 50 or 60 feet high. 
It forms dense thickets 10 to 12 feet high at Blinders Island. In New South Wales 
I have not seen it so large, but still a good tree, of (say) 40 feet. 
Habitat. —Pound in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and 
Tasmania. Usually it is found in rocky situations not far from the coast. It would 
appear that its most inland localities are in Victoria. 
Specific localities in New South Wales are the Dorrigo district (head of the 
Bellinger River)—here it is somewhat scattered and limited in quantity, according 
to District Eorester E. H. Wilsliire ; Kinchela, Port Macquarie, Port Jackson 
(including the site of the present Government House), George’s River, Port 
Hacking, and the National Park. The most southerly locality known to me is that 
recorded by District Eorester Rotton, at Parma Creek, near Tomerong, Shoalhaven 
district. 
