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is used for fancy turnery. Saplings used as stakes in vineyards 
have lasted twenty years or more. Itis used for building purposes, 
and has a strong odour of violets. 
South Queensland. 
23. Acacia homalophylla, A. Cunn., N.O., Leguminose, B.FI., 
li., 383. 
A “Spear-wood.” Called “Myall’’ in Victoria, ‘Curly Yarran” and 
“Narrow-leaved Yarran”’ are New South Wales names. Aboriginal 
names are as follows :—‘Gidya,” ‘‘ Gidia,” or ‘ Gidgee” (with other 
spellings) in New South Wales and Queensland. This is the commonest 
colonial name. ‘‘ Wong-arrah,” Cloncurry River, Northern Queensland, 
This dark-brown wood is much sought after for turners’ work 
on account of its solidity and fragrance; perhaps its most extensive 
use is in the manufacture of tobacco-pipes. (Mueller.) It is well 
adapted for cabinet-making purposes, and fancy articles, such as 
rulers and napkin rings, are often made from it. The natives of New 
South Wales formerly employed it for spears. (A. Cunn.) 
Specific gravity, 1.124. (Report, Victorian Exhibition, 1861.) 
In Western New South Wales the wood is considered very 
durable, and is, therefore, used for the lining of wells, but then it is 
said to give the water a bad taste for several years. The smell of 
the tree when in flower is abominable, and just before rain almost 
unbearable, and on this sign people frequently foretell the approach 
of rain. I have heard of instances in which men who were 
employed in cutting down a tree of this species just before rain 
became so sick as to be compelled to leave the tree. 
Interior of South Australia and New South Wales; N orthern 
Victoria. 
24. Acacia implexa, Zexth., N.O., Leguminosz, B.FI., ii., 389. 
Wood hard, and close-grained, dark brown, with yellowish 
stripes ; much in demand for turnery, cog-wheels, and other pur- 
poses which need tenacity and strength. (Dickinson.) The wood 
is very similar to that of A. melanoxylon. Specific gravity .711, 
z.e., weight 44lbs. per cubic foot of dry wood. (Mueller.) 
Diameter, 12 to 16in.; height, 30 to goft. 
Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. 
