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618 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
A sample of the bark of this tree exhibited at the London 
International Exhibition, 1862, seemed to the jurors ‘‘to be 
admirably adapted for the manufacture of paper.’ 
All the colonies except Western Australia. 
4. Acacia penninervis, Sveb., (Syn. A. zmpressa, Lindl.); N.O.,. 
Leguminosz, B.FI., ii., 362. 
“ Blackwood.” 
The bark of this tree yields material which can be worked up 
into the coarser kinds of paper. Many other species of Acacia 
yield a bark similar in this respect. 
Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. ° 
5. Bedfordia salicina, DC., (Syn. Senecto Bedfordit, F.v.M.; 
Cacalia salicina, Labill.; Culcttium salicinum, Spreng.) ; 
N.O., Composite, B.Fl., iii, 673. Senecio Bedfordit. in 
Muell. Cens., p. 84. 
The “‘ Dogwood ” of Tasmania. 
This tree yields a white flock from the under part of the 
leaves. The yield is about 10z. from 1lb. of the green leaves. 
It is.easily obtained by means of a stiff brush, or, preferably, a 
blunt knife. Paper could be made from it, but as a source of 
paper material on a commercial scale it would be insignificant. 
A mass of it bears a remakable resemblance to scoured merino. 
wool. 
Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. 
6. Bombax malabaricum, DC., (Syn. 2. hepiaphyllum, Cav.; 
Salmalia malabarica, Schott.); N.O., Malvacez, B.FI., i. 
223) 
The ‘‘ Simool Tree,” or ‘‘ Malabar Silk-cotton Tree” of India. 
The silk-cotton of this tree, though very beautiful, is like 
other silk-cottons, not adapted for spinning. It is chiefly used 
for stuffing cushions, and a kind of quilt or thick cloth is 
manufactured from it in Assam. (Treasury of Botany.) 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
