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Timber. —As regards the typical species, J. F. Bailey says : “ The wood is of 
a pinkish colour, soft, tough and beautifully marked, and would be very serviceable 
and showy for cabinet work. . . . On account of its free-splitting and lasting 
qualities, it is used extensively for close-paling farms in the district” (Barron 
River, Q.). 
The colour of the timber of the variety ( pinnata ) from the Dorrigo, N.S.W., 
is described as of a rather deep bright red when freshly cut, but it changes during 
drying and exposure to a paler colour not much deeper in tint than that of the 
ordinary Silky Oak of the Sydney market ( Grevillea robusta and Orites excelsa). 
Size. —A large tree as seen in the Dorrigo, viz., from 60 to 80 feet in height 
by about 5 feet in diameter. 
Habitat.— The type of the species was originally found by Mr. Walter Hill 
at Mount Bellenden-Ker, Northern Queensland, at an elevation of 2,500 feet. 
J. F. Bailey later found it on the Barron River, in the same State. 
The variety now figured was obtained from the Dorrigo, New South Wales, 
and there is no doubt that connecting trees will he found in brush land between the 
Dorrigo and the Barron River. The fact that such a large and important tree has 
only just been found in New South Wales, and in no part of Queensland south of 
the two localities mentioned, is eloquent testimony to the fact that our Australian 
forests are very imperfectly explored. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 167. 
A. Flowers and leaf. 
b. Unopened flower. 
c. Opened flower with (a) bract at the base of the pedicel. 
d. Flower with corolla falling off, showing the pistil — 
(a) Oblique attachment of corolla. 
(b) Stipitate ovary. 
(c) Stigma. 
E. Tips of corolla lobes showing four stamens in the concave laminae. 
f. Follicle with seeds. 
a. Winged seed. 
H. Leaf showing variation in shape. 
(All from the Dorrigo.) 
