The Picture of Australia Exhibiting New Holland Van Diemans Land And All Th
The Picture of Australia Exhibiting New Holland Van Diemans Land And All Th
Robert Mudie
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The timber tree, Oxleya xanthoocylon, which is closely allied to Flindersia, and differs from it chiefly in the arrange- ments of the seeds, is a tree of large size, reaching to one hundred feet, with a diameter of about four feet at the base, in the dense forests with which the banks of the Brisbane River are clothed. The timber, which when recently cut is of a yellow colour, is much esteemed at the settlement, both in ship and in house carpentry. The fruit tree is also a new genus {castanospe...rmum Australis), so called from the resemblance of its seeds to the kernels of the OF AtlStUALIA. 135 chesnut ; it is described as being an highly ornamental tree, and forming a delightful shade. It rises to about forty feet in height ; the qualities of the timber have not been specifically mentioned. The vege- table novelties, even in the single department of tim- ber trees, are however so numerous in this part of Australia, that a mere specimen must suffice. The timber, on that part of the north-west coast which has been alluded to, is of less consequence, on account of its remoteness from any settlement, ex- cept the station on Melville Island, from which also it is at a considerable distance : the names, and a single quality of some of the leading species which Mr.
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