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Heterodendron olecefolium , Desf. 
THE WESTERN ROSEWOOD. 
(Family Sapindaceje.) 
ILLUSTRATION. 
“ Western Rosewood,” Coonamble Park.—(C. J. McMaster.) 
No. 56 (55). Part XIV. 
Owenia acidula , F.v.M. 
THE GRUIE OR COLANE. 
(Family Meliacea:.) 
Aboriginal Names. —See vol. ii, p. 90; also p. 207. 
Mr. C. J. McMaster, President of the 'Western Lands Board, says that the 
aborigines pronounce the name as if it were spelled “ Goo-rooi.” 
Called “ Eurongn ” at Coonamble. 
Timber. —See vol. ii, p. 90. 
Good for bullock-yokes.—(R. J. Dalton, Wanaaring.) 
ILLUSTRATION. 
Owenia acidula near Coonamble.—(C. J. McMaster.) 
No. 58 (57). Part XIV. 
Casuarina glauca , Sieb. 
THE SWAMP OAK. 
(Family Casuarinacea:.) 
Botanical description. —See vol. ii, p. 95. 
Casuarina glauca is monoecious, according to Bentham and Eastern 
Australian observers, hut L. Diels, in Engler’s Jahrbuch, vol. xxxv, speaks of it 
as dioecious in West Australia. 
Timber. —See vol. ii, p. 98. 
“ Swamp Oak ( Casuarina glauca ). This is a hard, close-grained, dark-coloured timber, which makes 
a durable, serviceable head.”—(R. T. Baker in Golf Illustrated, 28th July, 1905.) 
ILLUSTRATION. 
Casuarina glauca, Wyong Creek, Tuggerali Lake.—(Kerry & Co.) The banks of the saltwater 
creek are lined with trees of this species. 
