| 1 June, 1900.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 505 
Forestry. 
BRIEF NOTES ON SOME TIMBER TREES OF THE BURNETT 
DISTRICT OF QUEENSLAND. 
No. 2. 
By J. W. FAWCETT, 
Member of the English Arboricultural Society. 
CELASTRINE. 
38. Celastrus bilocularis, F. v. M.—Australian Staff Tree. 
A small spreading scrub tree with ovate oblong, often dentate, leaves, and 
small flowers in axillary bunches; yields a hard, tough, close-grained, greyish 
timber—not used. 
84. Eleodendron australe, Vent.—Blue Ash; Pinkwood. 
A slender-growing medium-sized scrub tree, with ovate leaves, very small 
flowers, and the fruit a bright-red or scarlet globular drupe, yielding a firm, 
tough, close-grained, beautifully marked pinkish timber, useful for cabinet 
work, turnery, and tool handles. If cut before it is properly seasoned it is 
liable to split and warp. 
85. Lleodendron melanocarpum, I. v. M. 
A medium-sized scrub tree, with deep-green oval dentate leaves; small 
flowers, and black, ovoid, shining fruits; found chiefly in the Mount Perry district; 
yields a tough, fine-grained, light-coloured timber, useful for axe, pick, and other 
tool handles. 
36. Stphonodon australe, Benth.—Ivorywood. 
A tall handsome scrub tree, with pale-green foliage, small flowers (August, 
September), and hard pale-yellow pear-shaped fruits (ripe October to Decem- 
ber), yielding a close-grained, firm, easily worked, glossy, yellowish-white 
timber, useful for cabinet work and engraving. 
RHAMNEZ. 
37. Alphitonia excelsa, Reisock.—Mountain Ash; Red Ash; Leather- 
jacket. 
A fine large scrub tree, with rough bark and often large ovate or orbicular 
leaves, green on the upper and whitish on the under sides, small dingy-white 
flowers (March to June), and the fruit a black drupe (fruit ripe August to 
October). ‘The timber is durable, hard, tough, firm, and close-grained, the sap 
or outer wood pinkish, and the heartwood dark-brown in colour. It warps in 
drying. On account of its hardness, polish, and wear, useful for gunstocks. 
SAPINDACEAE 
38. Oupania anacardioides, A. Rich.—Native Tamarind. ; 
A slender moderate-sized scrub tree, with pinnate leaves, large greenish 
flowers, and the fruit a three-lobed leathery capsule; yields a tough, close- 
grained, pinkish timber, seldom used. 
39. Cupania pseudorhus, A. Rich. 
A medium-sized spreading scrub tree, with smooth bark{; pinnate leaves 
shining above and heavy underneath, small flowers, and a dark-brown hairy 
capsule ; yields a beautiful, close-grained, tough, yellowish timber. 
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