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Called ‘‘ Golden Wattle’ owing to the beautiful mass of bright-yellow 
flowers which adorn it. It is also called ‘‘ Green Wattle,”’ and also, for the 
sake of distinction between some other tan-bark Wattles, the ‘‘ Broad- 
leaved Wattle.” 
This is a tough and close-grained wood. Its specific gravity 
is about .83, that is, the weight of a cubic foot of the wood is 
about 513lbs. (Osborne.) 
South Australian, Victoria and New South Wales. 
42. Acacia retinodes, Schlecht., N.O., Leguminosz, B.FI., ii., 362. 
The wood is prettily grained, tough, and durable. Height, 
20 to 2sft. 
Victoria and South Australia. 
43. Acacia rigens, 4. Cunn., (Syn. A. chordophylla, F.v.M.); 
N.O,, Leguminosz, B.F1., ii., 337. 
“‘Nealie,” or “‘ Needle Bush,” of the interior. 
A small tree 12 to 15ft. in height. The timber is exceedingly 
hard and tough, and possessed of a very agreeable perfume. The 
natives of the interior employ it in the manufacture of weapons. 
South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. 
44. Acacia salicina, Zzwd/., (Syn. A. ligulata, A. Cunn., includ- 
ing A. varians, Benth.); N.O., Leguminosex, B.FI., ii., 367. 
The “‘Cooba,” or ‘‘ Koobah,”’ of the aboriginals and colonists of Western 
New South Wales. ‘ Native Willow” is another colonial name. About 
the Castlereagh River (New South Wales) it takes the name of ‘‘ Mother- 
umba.” ‘‘ Bremgu” is the name at the Lake Hindmarsh aboriginal station 
(Victoria). ‘‘ Bakka”’ is a Queensland aboriginal name. 
Timber close-grained, tough, heavy, dark brown, and nicely 
marked. The aboriginals make boomerangs, and the colonists 
tables, chairs, and other furniture from it. (General Report, 
Sydney International Exhibition, 1879.) Itis valued for bullock- 
yokes in Western New South Wales, and also for shafts of carts. 
Mr. G. S. Home tells me that cheffoniers, and other articles of 
drawing-room furniture, are commonly made from it in Western New 
South Wales, asit takes such a high polish. Specific gravity .763, 
