214 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
fissures, which radiate from the centre of a lump, cause the lump 
to break into sub-triangular or conical pieces. 
Interior of New South Wales and Queensland. 
14. Acacia pycnantha, Benth., (Syn. A. petiolaris, Lehm. ; A. fal- 
cinella, Meissn.) ; N.O., Leguminosz, B.FI. ii., 365. 
‘Golden Wattle.”’ ‘ Green Wattle.” ‘‘ Broad-leaved Wattle.” 
Yields an inferior gum arabic. A quantity was exhibited at 
the Intercolonial Exhibition, Melbourne, 1866. 
South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. 
15. Acacia retinodes, Schlecht.; N.O., Leguminose, B.FI. ii., 
362. 
Said to yield a good gum arabic. 
Victoria and South Australia. 
16. Acacia saliona, Benth., non Wendl.,(Syn. A.letophylla, Benth.; 
Mimosa saligna, Labill.) ; N.O., Leguminose, B. FI. ii., 364 
A. letophylia in Muell. Cens., p. 44. 
It yields a gum arabic. 
Western Australia. 
17. Acacia sentis, “v.47, (Syn. A. Victoria, Benth.); N.O., 
Leguminose, B.FI., ii., 360. 
“Prickly Wattle.” 
These trees are for the most part small, and gum is found on 
them very sparingly. Much of it is of a rich amber colour when 
freshly exuded, while portions of it are nearly as pale as the best 
Turkey gum arabic. It is sparkling and clean looking, and would 
be a very acceptable article of commerce if it could be obtained 
in quantity. It is readily and completely soluble in water, and 
very easily reducible to a powder, on account of its somewhat 
vesicular nature. 
Interior of all the colonies except Tasmania. 
18. Adansonia Gregorii, F.v.M., N.O., Malvaceze, B.FI., i., 223. 
‘Sour Gourd.” ‘‘Cream of Tartar” tree. 
A dark red gum exudes from the fruit. (Bentham.) 
Northern and Western Australia. 
