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r • Tubus s la mine us ad medium usque cum petalis Tubus slamineus inferne cum petalis coalitus. 
coalitus. 
Anthene 10, elliptic*, dorso paullo infra medium 
sessiles. 
Ovarii 5-locularis loculi 1-ovulati. 
Stylus glaber, cum stigmate discoideo tubum 
fequans. 
Capsula 25 mill, longa. Capsules vix 15 mill, crass*, pericarpium tenue, 
dissepimentaque tenuissima. 
Semina obovata basi truncata callosaque ; plum- 
ula antice et postice pilis hyalinis vestita. 
The dates of publication of Dysoxylon Fraseranum and Lessertianum are 
precisely the same (1863), but since the former is described at 13.EL, i, 381, and the 
latter at p. 382, the former will take priority. In Part XXV, of this work (under 
Plate 93) I will deal with T). Fraseranum from other points of view, the object of 
the present note being the clearing up of the confusion between D. Fraseranum and 
T>. Lessertianum. 
Confusion of our Rosewood with Synoum glandulosum. 
In the catalogue of Northern N.S.W. timbers, by C. Moore, sent to the 
London Exhibition of 1832, we have under “ xlvii (erroneously printed xvii) 
Synoum glandulosum, ‘Rosewood/ ‘Mocondie’ of the aborigines, open forest brushes 
on the Clarence and Richmond/’ The rest of the label is given under “ Timber.” 
(l Synoum glandulosum” is an error; the Rosewood flowers a good deal resemble those 
of S. glandulosum at first sight. 
I have the original label of No. 47 (Pin Beckler’s handwriting), which reads:— 
47. Rosewood. A magnificent tree. Wood reddish, scented like a rose, and much used for furniture 
purposes. General in the Clarence and Richmond districts. 
This label was endorsed by Mueller, “ T). Lessertianum, Benth.” 
Synoum glandulosum is, when large enough, called “ Rosewood ” to this 
day; but it is not the Rosewood of New South Wales, and the explanation I give 
above explains how a possibly misleading name has got into many books. 
Botanical Name. — Dysoxylon, from two Greek words, dysodes or dysosmos, 
foetid or ill-smelling, and xylon, wood, in allusion to the bad smell (usually of a 
garlic character) of some species. This odour is strongest in some non-Australian 
timbers. In the species under notice, the odour of the timber is the reverse of 
ill-smelling. Fraseranum, in honour of Charles Eraser, first Superintendent of the 
Botanic Gardens, Sydney, who early collected the plant. 
Lessertianum, in honour of Benjamin Delessert, a distinguished Erench 
botanist, who was born at Lyons in 1773, and who died at Paris in 1847. He was 
the author of an excellent work, “ leones selectee plantarum.” His fine herbarium 
was acquired by the city of Geneva, and still bears the name “ Herbier Delessert.” 
Vernacular N.ame. —“ Rosewood,” because of the odour of the freshly-cut 
timber. It retains this sweet perfume for an indefinite period. 
