356 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
19. Acacia flavescens, 4. Cunn., N.O., Leguminosz, B,FI., ii., 
391. 
Wood of a brown colour, prettily marked, close-grained, and 
hard. 
Queensland. 
20. Acacia claucescens, Willd., (Syn. A. homomalla, Wendl.; A. 
cinerascens, Sieb.; A. leucadendron, A. Cunn.; JALimosa 
binervis, Wendl.); N.O., Leguminosz, B.F., ii., 406. 
Called variously ‘ Brigalow,” ‘‘ Mountain Brigalow,” ‘‘ Rosewood,” 
and “ Myall.” It is the ‘‘ Kaarrewan” (see ‘‘ Caariwan,” A, doratoxylon) 
of the aboriginals of Camden and Cumberland (New South Wales), and the 
‘¢ Motherumba” (see also A. salicina) of the Castlereagh River (New South 
Wales) aboriginals. 
Wood close-grained and prettily marked, scented, though less 
so than some other species of Acacia. It is very suitable for 
cabinet-making and turnery. It is used for spring-bars, tool 
handles, spears, &c. It has been likened to English walnut and 
rosewood. A slab of this wood in the Technological Museum, 
which has been seasoned over twenty-five years (having been 
exhibited at the London International Exhibition of 1862), under 
the name of A. homomalla, has a weight which corresponds to 
54lbs. 40z. per cubic foot. Diameter, 12 to 18in.; height, 
30 to 45ft. 
Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. 
21. Acacia Gnidium, Bexh., N O., Leguminosz, B.FI., ii., 359. 
Wood close-grained, hard, blackish, and takes a good polish. 
Diameter, 6 to 12in.; height, 12 to 2oft. 
Queensland. 
22. Acacia harpophylla, 7.7.47, N.O., Leguminose, B.Fl., 
ii.,. 389. 
The common “‘Brigalow,” so called because it forms “ Brigalow scrubs.” 
The word was spelt “ Brigaloe” by Gould, and ‘‘ Bricklow ” by Leichhardt. 
The latter stated he could not ascertain the meaning of the name. 
** Orkor” of some aboriginals. 
Wood brown, hard, heavy, and elastic; used by the natives 
for spears, boomerangs, and clubs. The wood splits freely, and 
