Flindersia
(named after Capt. M. Flinders, R.N., 1780-1814, who explored the coast of Australia, accompanied by the famous botanist, Robert Brown). ORD. Meliaceae. A genus of about four species, natives of tropical and sub-tropical Australia and the Moluccas. They are stove or greenhouse evergreen trees or shrubs, succeeding in a compost of loam and peat. Cuttings, with leaves intact, will root in sand, under a glass.
F. australis (Southern). fl. white, small, numerous, panicled. May. l. impair-pinnate; leaflets one to three pairs, full of pellucid dots, as in the Orange. h. 60ft. Queensland, 1823. The wood is useful for various domestic purposes, and is said to be not much inferior to mahogany. Greenhouse.