350 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
small, but beautifully grained, sound, and durable. Height, 10 to 
20 feet. 
Western Australia, through the mainland colonies to 
Queensland. 
4. Acacia aulacocarpa, 4. Cunn., N.O., Leguminose, B.FI., 
ii., 410. 
“Hickory Wattle.” 
Wood hard, heavy, tough, and dark-red ;_ useful for cabinet- 
work. (Cat. Queensland Woods, Col. and Ind. Exh., 1866.) 
Queensland. 
5. Acacia Bidwilli, Bexh., N.O., Leguminosz, B.FI., ii., 420. 
‘“‘ Waneu” of the aboriginals of Central Queensland. ‘‘ Yadthor” of 
the aboriginals of the Cloncurry River, North Queensland. 
Timber hard, close-grained, and takes a good polish. It has 
a light yellow sap-wood, while the heart-wood is dark. Diameter, 
10 to 16 inches. Height, 20 to 30 feet. 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
6. Acacia binervata, DC., (Syn. A. umbrosa, A. Cunn.); N.O., 
Leguminosz, B.F'1., ii., 390. 
“Black Wattle’’ of Illawarra (New South Wales), and further south, 
‘“‘Hickory.” ‘ Myimbarr” of the aboriginals of Illawarra. “ Meroan- 
gange” of the aboriginals of the Counties of Cumberland and Camden 
(New South Wales). ‘‘ Malla-waundie” of the aboriginals of Northern 
New South Wales. 
This wood is close-grained; tough and light, and much 
prized for axe-helves and bullock yokes. As regards colour, it 
varies between a dirty white and pinkish, and a uniform dirty 
colour, similar, but more intense, than California Red Pine. The 
specimens seen by the author have no figure. Three slabs of this 
wood in the Technological Museum, which have been seasoned 
over twenty-five years (having been exhibited at the London Inter- 
national Exhibition of 1862, under the names A. dinervata, 
A. umbrosa, and Pithecolobium umbrosum), have weights which 
correspond to 5olb. 80z., 51lb. 40z., and 56lb. 110z. respec- 
tively per cubic foot. Height, up to 30 or 40 feet, and 8 to 12 
inches in diameter. . 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
