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sided at the base. Flowers white, in drooping panicles, The fluted capsule 
about 1 in. long, with numerous seeds. The wood, which is too well known to 
need description, is that most used for housebuilding in these parts. 
26.* Flindersia Chatawaiana, Bail. (Plate CXXXVIII., Fig. 2.) Plentiful 
throughout the district, where it is known under the name of “Red Beech,” 
and is identical with that cut on the Tully River and other places near Cardwell 
under the name of ‘Cardwell Maple.” Aboriginal name, “Narroo.” The 
wood, which is of a lightish colour, cedar-like grain, and often prettily figured, 
is used extensively for building purposes, wagon-building, and in fact may be 
used for any purpose where a good lasting and bending timber is required. At 
Cardwell I found that it had proved valuable for boatbuilding, and solid wheels 
for trollies. It is a large tree with a scaly bark, leaves of about 7, oblong 
leaflets, 3 to 43 in. long. Fruit oblong, somewhat: 5-angled, 3 in. long, 
prominently marked with mussel-shaped scars; when ripe splits into 5 boat- 
shaped pieces. 
27. Flindersia Schottiana, 7. v.22. A fine tall tree with a smoothish bark, and 1s 
very plentiful. The leaves are composed of from 8 to 12 or more leaflets, 
which measure 4 to 6 in. long, and more or less covered by soft, short 
down. Flowers numerous, in large spreading panicle. Fruit large, splitting 
into separate boat-like pieces. The wood, which somewhat resembles Ash, and 
goes by that name in the district, is highly spoken of, although at present not 
cut at the mills. It is of a yellowish colour, close-grained, firm, and would - 
prove suitable for shafts and other parts of carriages, and other purposes where 
a good bending timber is required. Aboriginal name, “ Bunji Bunji.” 
28. Flindersia Mazlini, Bail. (Plate CXXXVIITL., Fig.3.) A large tree with a 
scaly bark, leaves deep-green, of 3 to 5 leaflets, 2 to 4} in, long. Fruit about 
the same size as that of the Red Beech, covered with short stout prickles, 
forming something like a star at the apex. Wood light-coloured and probably 
valuable. : 
‘OLACINEZ:, 
29. Apodytes brachystylis, 7. v. A. A tall tree which is common in the 
Hyelyn scrubs. Bark light-coloured, and buttresses reaching some distance up 
the trunk. Mr. Mazlin, of Evelyn, has a good opinion of the wood, which is of 
a yellow colour and hard. ‘Leaves lanceolate, 8 to 4 in. long, 1 to 12 in. broad. 
Flowers small, numerous, in racemes about 1 in. long. Fruit bluish-green 
and glossy, about 1} in: long, # in. broad, flat, with a prominent midrib 
and a juicy swelling on one side, 
CELASTRINER. 
30. Siphonodon membranaceum, Bail. (Plate CXXXVIIL., Fig. 1.) A small 
tree called at Evelyn ‘ Wild Orange” on account of the supposed resemblance 
of the fruit. Leaves 4 to 6 in. long and under 2 in. wide, pointed at the apex, 
and of much thinner texture than other species of the genus. Fruit 2 in. in 
diameter, globose, more or less sunk ab the apex, and often with 5 deep gutters. 
The wood is very similar to that of the Ivory-wood (S. australe, Benth.)— 
viz., white, close in the grain, and might probably suit for engraving. 
RHAMNES, 
31, Alphitonia excelsa, Zeiss. ‘The Red Ash is plentiful, and attains a good 
size. ‘The bark is very rough. The leaves usually 3 to 6 in. long, white under- 
neath, Fruit small, black, in panicles, the outer skins cracking off and 
showing a mealy substance of a light or dark yellow colour. Wood somewhat 
pinkish near the bark, but dark-brown in the centre, very tough, probably a 
good waod for the cabinet-maker, 
