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The timber of Cryptocarya glaucescens is quite distinct, being much lighter in colour, more durable, 
and with little or no figure, as against the rich brown colour and large figure of T. reticulata. 
“ She Beech ” timber is, I find, also being sold in the Sydney market under the name of “ Bully or 
Bolly Gum,” so that we have the timber merchants selling to an unsuspecting public apparently two 
distinct timbers, but whicli are in reality from one and the same species, i.e., T. reticulata. ( Proc. Linn. 
Soc. JV.S.W., Vol. xxii, 1897, p. 235.) 
Aboriginal Name. —“ Myndee” of the aborigines around Brisbane Water, 
according to the late Sir William Macarthur. 
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Synonyms. — Cylicodaphne Fawcettiana, or Tetranthera Fawcettiana, F.v.M. 
Fragm. v, 168. 
It is described as Tetranthera reticulata , Meissn., in B.F1. v, 306. 
The difference between Tetranthera and Litscea is as follows :— 
Litscea. —Perianth 4-merous. Stamens 6 or less. 
Tetranthera. —Perianth usually 6-merous. Stamens 9 or more. 
They are now generally united, e.g., in Bentham and Hooker’s Genera 
Plantarum, Tetranthera is not even kept as a section in the genus Litscea. 
Mueller writes in the Census: Litscea reticulata , Benth., in B. and H. 
Genera Plantarum. In the Index Kewensis Litscea reticulata is omitted, probably 
through inadvertence, though Tetranthera reticulata refers to Litscea. 
Transferring Tetranthera to Litscea , there is no other alteration needed in 
the specific description except to add the number (6) of perianth-segments. 
It should be borne in mind that the “ perianth ” of Bentham is the “calyx ” 
of Mueller, Engler, and most modern botanists ; the petals are wanting in Lauraceae. 
Leaves. —Attention is drawn to the somew r hat rigid, leathery leaves. 
Bark. —Slightly rough and cracked, otherw ise a smooth-barked tree as are 
most of the Lauraceae. 
Timber. —Pale coloured, very fissile, tough, with almost a fibrous fracture; 
rather hard when fresh ; exhibits a neat grain. 
Sir William Macarthur’s original description of the tree (from Brisbane 
Water) was:—“A magnificent tree, producing a soft, wdiite, but useful wood.” 
The original specimen (the type) is a small slab, is in the Technological 
Museum, and has been seasoned over twenty-five years (having been exhibited at 
the London International Exhibition of 1862). It has a weight wdiich corresponds 
to 34 lb. 15 oz. per cubic foot. 
The Queensland Forestry Museum catalogue gives its chief uses as : Joinery, 
cabinet-w r ork, packing-cases, staves (for wdiich it is extensively used), and for inside 
work of buildings as a substitute for Pine. 
Mr. G. R. Brown says that, in the Port Macquarie district, it is used for 
lining boards, like Sassafras ( Doryphora). 
See also under “ Vernacular Names.” 
