138 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN ECONOMIC BOTANY, 



Acacia penninervis, Sieb. " Mountain Hickory." 



Although this tree is so abundant in the south, its timber does 

 not appear to have come into general use, but an expert in the 

 Bombala district considers it excellent, being very durable and 

 very tough, on which account he prefers it to anything else for 

 axe and tool-handles. It is said that the timber can almost be 

 bent double upon itself. Trees obtained from high stony ridges 

 are usually sound. The timber is flesh-coloured, has a pretty 

 figure, and very little sap-wood. It is not easy to dress. 



Acacia tetragonophylla, F.v.M. A " Dead finish." 



Timber very hard, heavy, tough, and close-grained. Its 

 prevailing colour is reddish-brown, and it has pinkish stripes. It 

 is well adapted for small turnery and cabinet work, but it is hard 

 to work. When fresh it smells like violets. An interior species. 



Ackama Muelleri, Benth. (Syn. Weinmannia paniculosa, F.v.M.). 

 N.O. Saxifragese. A " Corkwood." 



A timber likely to prove of value. It is hardly to be distin- 

 guished from that of Eucryphia Moorei. When fresh it is drab 

 with a purplish cast, close in the grain, tough, and dresses with 

 facility. In the uplands in the county of Gloucester and further 

 north it is plentiful, and in places it is not unfrequently found 

 three feet in diameter. 



Callicoma serratifolia, Andr. N.O. Saxifragese. Sometimes 

 called " Coach wood " in the Braid wood district. 



It is close in the grain, and works remarkably well to a nice 

 smooth surface. It has no figure to speak of, and is of a pinkish 

 colour. It is used sometimes for wheelwrights' work, but is never 

 of sufficient diameter for large work. The young saplings used to 

 be split and used for basket-making. 



Hakea saligna, R.Br. N.O. Proteaceae. "Foley Wood." 



The tree and its wood go under this name over a considerable 

 area in the extreme south-east of the colony. It is a flesh-coloured, 



