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TILIACEZ, 
6. Echinocarpus australis, Benth. A fine tall tree, with leaves 6 in. to a 
foot long, often sharply toothed. lowers rather large, usually produced at 
ends of branchlets. Fruit opening into four bristly valves. Maiden’s Blush 
(Mazlin). Wood pinkish, close-e¢rained, light, and could be used for lining and 
flooring boards. In New South Wales this timber is said to be used in cabinet- 
work, and to be durable and easily wrought. 
7. Echinocarpus. Mr. Mazlin pointed out to me at Evelyn trees which he called 
*Serub Ebony.” No flowers or fruits were obtainable; therefore some doubt 
remains as to genus. The stem-diameter was about 15 in. Leaves broadly 
ovate-lanceolate, attaining a length of 10 in, and a breadth of 6 in., 
thin coriaceous, with the lateral nerves and transverse veins prominent on the 
underside, the margins are sinuately toothed in the upper part, stalks 15 to 
nearly 3 in. long, swelled at each end. Mr. Mazlin speaks well of the wood, 
which he says is of a dark colour (hence the above-mentioned vernacular name) 
and hard, 
8. Echinocarpus Langii, Fv. Jf. A tall tree with a stem-diameter of about 
18in. Leaves 3 to 4 in. long, with prominent veins, ovate-lanceolate. lowers 
white. Fruit burr-like, about 1 in. in diameter. Wood no doubt likely to 
prove as useful as others of the genus. 
9.* Eleocarpus grandis, #v. 1. The Quandong is plentiful in all parts. A large 
tree, the branches almost forming whorls round the stem; leaves long, pointed, 
and more or less bordered by small teeth. Fruit round, blue outyide, stone 
rough. The aboriginals called this tree “Moorgun.” Wood makes eood 
weatherboards, and useful for general building purposes. J was nformed that 
it was not affected by white ants. 
10, Another Eleocarpus, a species near J, ruminatus, was seen at Martintown 
and several other localities. This was a tree 80 ft, high and about 2 ff. in 
diameter, the wood of which was spoken well of by Mr. G. E. Martin. ‘The 
aboriginal name is “ Coorangooloo.” 
RUTACEA, 
11, Evodia accedens, Blwme. Called ‘ Boogoobi” by the aborigine Is, is met with 
in all the scrubs. A tallish tree with a smooth bark ; the leaves »ather large of 
3 leaflets. ‘The flowers, which are produced along the brancles below the 
leaves, are pink. ‘The wood is very white, light, and soft. 
12. Zanthoxylon veneficum, Baz’. A common species; the stems and branches 
prickly. The leaves of from 4 to 7, opposite oval-oblong leailets. Flowers 
in a terminal panicle. Calledin some places “ Thorny Yellow-wood.” ‘The wood 
is of a bright yellow colour, close in the grain, and easy to work. According to 
Dr. T. L. Bancroft, who first discovered the tree on the Johnstone River, the 
bark contains a poisonous principle as toxic as strychnine, and to whose physi- 
ogical action it has some resemblance. ! 
13. Geijera Muelleri, Benth. A tree of medium size, with dense 1ead of deep- 
green. glossy foliage, which gives out a strong fragrance on being rubbed in the 
hand. The leaves are oval, and the flowers small and white, in straggling 
bunches. The wood has a beautiful dark coloured heartwood, the rest light 
coloured, very hard, and would look well if cut into veneers for cabinet-work. 
14, Acronychia Baueri, Schott. A tree attaining a height of 70 ft., with a 
smooth grey bark. The young growth and inflorescence more or less mealy. 
seaves opposite, ovate or obovate, 8 to 5 in. long, of a somewhat firm texture. 
Short panicles of white flowers in axils of leaves. Fruit near y globular or 
4-anoled, + in. in diameter. Aboriginal name, “ Bunjebah.” Common. The 
wood is hard, and of a uniform yellow colour, or somewhat darker towards the 
centre, 
