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7. Acacia brachybotrya, Benzh., (Syn. A. dictyocarpa, Benth.); 
N.O., Leguminose, B.FI., ii., 374. 
Specific gravity of the wood 1.021. (Report Victorian 
Exhibition, 1861.) 
South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales, 
8, Acacia calyculata, 4. Cunn.; N.O., Leguminose, B.FI., ii. 
410. 
Wood dark brown, hard, heavy, and close-grained; suitable 
for turnery and cabinet work. (Cat, Queensland Woods, Col. 
and Ind. Exb., 1886.) 
Queensland. 
9. Acacia crassicarpa, 4. Cunn.; N.O., Leguminose, B.FI., ii. 
410. 
Wood prettily marked, hard, and dark coloured. Height, 
30 to 40 feet. 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
10. Acacia Cunninghami, Hooker, N.O., Leguminosz, B.FI., ii., 
407. 
“Bastard Myall” of Northern New South Wales. ‘ Kowarkul’’ of 
some Queensland aborigines. 
Wood close-grained, and takes a good polish. It is dark- 
coloured and heavy, and a useful wood for cabinet purposes. It 
reminds one very much of Red Cedar, but it is rather heavier. It 
is very homogeneous. A slab of this wood in the Technological 
Museum, which has been seasoned over twenty-five years (having 
been exhibited at the London Exhibition of 1862), has a weight 
which corresponds to 46lbs. 120zs. per cubic foot. Diameter, 
g to 12 inches; height, 20 to 30 feet. 
Central New South Wales to Central Queensland. 
11. Acacia dealbata, Zzzk, (Syn. A. irrorata, Sieb.); N.O., 
Leguminosz, B.FI., ii., 415. 
“Silver Wattle” (owing to the whiteness of the trunk, and the silvery 
or ashy hue of its young foliage), 
