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Synonym .—Synoum LarJneri, Moore, No. LT, Catalogue of Northern 
Woods of New South Wales for the London Exhibition of 1862. 
Fruits. —Bentham says he has only seen the fruits “very young, soon 
becoming glabrous.” I have figured the fruits on Plate 101; they are not fully 
ripe, at the same time they can hardly he described as “ very young.” It will be 
observed that they are hairy. I have tried for years to get fully ripe fruits for 
figuring, without success. I hope correspondents will help me in the matter, and 
they can be figured in a later Plate. 
Timber . —Following is the earliest account I can find of this timber :— 
“ Plentiful. A fine tree, called by the aborigines by the same name as the Rosewood, No. 47, 
but from which it is very different. Timber red when fresh, without scent, similar in appearance and in 
the giain to the Cedar used for pencils, hence the name. The bark smells somewhat like a Swedish 
turnip. Employed in housework and general purposes.”—(C. Moore, in Catalogue of Northern Woods, 
New South Wales, for the London Exhibition of 1862.) 
Bed Bean may be described as a scentless Bosewood, of a red colour, and 
possessing a neat figure. Both bark and sapwood have a strong, turnip-like odour 
when fresh ; it departs on drying. It is often sold in Sydney as Cedar or Bastard 
Cedar, but it is heavier than that wood, and is of sufficient excellence to stand on its 
own merits. It is a good furniture wood, and has a quiet yet handsome figure that 
looks well under polish. It can be put to most of the uses that Spanish Mahogany 
is put. I have 'heard that it is considered valuable for the naves of wheels in the 
districts in which it grows. 
Following in an extract from a letter written by the late Mr. Thomas Bawden, 
of Grafton, to me in 1891. He sent me twigs of D. Muelleri :— 
“ There are many other valuable timbers in the Dorrigo brushes, amongst others, the Pencil 
Cedar, a use for which I learnt, previously unknown to me; I was shown a pair of old dray wheel 
naves made of Pencil Cedar, some twenty-five years ago. Hitherto I have thought Apple-tree was the 
most suitable timber we had for that purpose, but this piece would serve to show that the Pencil Cedar 
is equally as good.” 
Locally it is used for cabinet-work, flooring, lining, and ceilings of houses. 
Sizo.—A large tree. 
Habitat.—It is a brush tree belonging to the coastal districts, and probably 
extending a good deal into the rich brush forests in the upper parts of the rivers. 
It is a native of our Northern Bivers, particularly the Clarence, Bichmond, and 
Tweed. As regards Queensland, Mr. F. M. Bailey in his Queensland Flora gives 
“ Brisbane Biver, Moreton Bay, and other southern parts.” John Dallachy found 
it on the Herbert Biver, so that its range may he defined from the Clarence to 
Central Queensland. As regards New South Wales, it should be looked for on the 
Bellinger, Macleay, and Hastings Bivers. 
