BY R. H. CAMBAGE. 719 



dread of the coach-driver in wet weather), though it may be 

 many miles back from the river. For years I have been trying 

 to work out the question whether Myall and Boree referred to 

 one or two trees. Both names are used variously throughout the 

 western division of New South "Wales, though generally certain 

 districts keep to the one name. In some cases Acacia homalo- 

 phylla is locally called Yarran or Myall, while A. pendula is 

 known as Boree; or A. homalophylla is called Yarran, A. pendula 

 Boree, and A. salicina, Lindl., Myall, which is quite wrong. 

 These mistakes often arise through people being indifferent as to 

 proper local names. Generally A. homalophylla is known as 

 Yarran, and A . pendula as either Myall or Boree, or sometimes 

 as both. My conclusion is that Myall is the name usually given 

 in localities north of the Bogan and extending into Queensland, 

 and is possibly the aboriginal name given by some northern tribe; 

 while Boree is the tribal name of the aborigines (approximately) 

 south of the Lachlan River; and that both refer to the same tree. 

 Many and varied have been the replies to my questions when 

 trying to get at the truth of this matter, and quite recently I was 

 told in all seriousness that there is a difference between Myall 

 and Boree; but so slight that no white man can tell what it is. 

 The wood of A. pendula is much sought after owing to its frag- 

 rance, but in this feature it has a strong rival in A. homalophylla, 

 though for strength and durability Myall is superior. It is a 

 splendid fodder tree, but is fast being exterminated, as all the 

 young plants are browsed down by sheep and cattle. Horses, 

 however, seem to spare them, as small trees are quite common 

 in paddocks not accessible to sheep and cattle. In fact, almost 

 the only places now in which young Myalls can be seen are horse 

 paddocks and within the railway fences. 



In speaking of Gidgea in a former paper (Part i.), it was 

 mentioned that the leaves of that tree would not snap if doubled 

 up while green, but that the leaves of A. homalophylla (Yarran) 

 would. It may here be mentioned that the leaves of A. pendula 

 (Myall) snap just as readily as those of Yarran under similar 

 conditions, and are very like them in texture. Still the consti- 



