TIMBERS. 349 
1. Acacia acuminata, Benth., (Syn. A. Oldfieldi’, F.v.M.); N.O., 
Leguminose, B.F1., ii., 404. 
A ‘‘ Myall.”” The ordinary name for species of the genus Acacia in the 
colonies is ‘‘ Wattle.” The name is an old English one, and signifies the 
interlacing of boughs together to form a kind of wicker-work. The abori- 
ginals used them in the construction of their abodes, and the early colonists 
used to split the stems of slender species into laths for “* wattling”’ the walls 
of their rude habitations. 
The scent of the wood is comparable to that of raspberries. 
It is the best of West Australian woods for charcoal. The stems 
are much sought after for fence-posts, being very lasting, even 
when young. (Mueller.) The wood is also used by the abori- 
ginals for making various weapons. It is a dark reddish-brown, 
close grained, hardwood, and Mr. Allen Ransome, who reported 
on the timbers sent to the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 
expressed the opinion that it should find a ready sale in England 
for ornamental wood work. Height, 30 to 40 feet. 
Western Australia. 
2. Acacia aneura, 7.v.J7., N.O., Leguminosx, B.FI., ii., 402. 
The chief ingredient of “‘ Mulga” scrub. (‘‘Mulga” is the name of a 
long narrow shield of wood, made by the aboriginals out of Acacia wood.) 
A “ Myall.” 
Wood excessively hard, dark brown, used by the aboriginals 
for boomerangs, sticks to lift edible roots, shafts of spears, nulla- 
nullas, and jagged spear-ends. (Mueller.) It makes excellent 
fencing posts, and in parts of Western New South Wales it is 
exceedingly plentiful and much appreciated. It is often used for 
bullock-yokes. Diameter, 9 to 12 inches ; height, 20 to 30 feet. 
Western Australia, through the other mainland colonies to 
Queensland. 
3. Acacia armata, #.2r., (Syn. A. furcifera, Lindl.); N.O., 
Leguminosz, B.FI., ii., 347. 
** Kangaroo Thorn.” 
Much grown for hedges, though less manageable than various 
other hedge plants. Important for covering coast-sand with an 
unapproachable prickly vegetation. (Mueller) The wood is 
