TIMBERS. 359 
30. Acacia longifolia, Wil/d., var. typica, (Syn. A. obsusifolia, A. 
Cunn.; A. spathulata, Tausch.; A. tnfertexta, Sieb. ; 
Mimosa longifolia, Andr.); N.O., Leguminosz, B.F1., ii., 397. 
White Sallow.” Called ‘‘ Golden Wattle” in Southern New South 
Wales. The variety floribunda sometimes goes by the name of ‘‘Sally,” or 
* Sallow,” in Southern New South Wales. 
Timber light, tough, and hard; used for tool-handles, etc. 
_ Towards the outside it is pale yellow; the heart-wood is brown, 
streaked with black. Diameter, gin. ; height, 20 to 30ft. 
Victoria and New South Wales. 
31. Acacia longifolia, Wel/d., var. Sophore, (Syn. A. Sophore, 
R. Brown; Mimosa Sophora, Labill.); N.O., Leguminosz, 
B.FL., ii., 398. 
“ Boobyalla ” is an aboriginal name. 
This wood is white, hard, tough, and durable. It is an excel- 
lent tree for binding coast-sands. 
Sea coast from Southern Queensland to South Australia, and 
Tasmania. 
32. Acacia macradenia, Benth., N.O., Leguminosz, B.FI., ii., 362. 
“ Myall,” or “Toney.” 
A beautiful, hard, blackish, close-grained wood, which takes 
a very high polish. Diameter, 2 to 12in.; height, 30 to soft. 
Queensland. 
33. Acacia melanoxylon, R.Br., (Syn. A. arcuata, Sieb.); N.O., 
Leguminosz, B.F1., ii., 388. 
Called ‘‘ Blackwood ” on account of the very dark colour of the mature 
wood. It is sometimes called ‘“‘Lightwood” (chiefly in South Tasmania, 
while the other name is given in North Tasmania and other places), but this 
is an inappropriate name. It is in allusion to its weight as compared 
with Eucalyptus timbers. It is the ‘‘ Black Sally” of Western New South 
Wales, the ‘‘ Hickory” of the southern portion of that colony, and is some- 
times called “ Silver Wattle.” The ‘‘ Mootchong’”’ of the Ja-jow-er-ong 
tribe, Victoria, and ‘‘ Mooeyang”’ of the Yarra blacks. 
This is considered by some people to be the most valuable of 
all Australian timbers. Itis hard and close-grained ; much valued 
for furniture, picture-frames, cabinet-work, fencing, bridges, etc., 
railway, and other carriages, boat-building (stem and stern post, 
ribs, rudder), for tool-handles, gun-stocks, naves of wheels, 
crutches, parts of organs, pianofortes (sound-boards and actions), 
