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for thorny hedges, as also A. Seyal (Delisle) and A. 
tortilis (Forskael). They all furnish the best Gum 
Arabic for medicinal and technical purposes. The 
Lac Insert lives also on the foliage, and thus, in Sind, 
the Lac is mainly yielded by this tree. 
Aeacia Concinna, Candolle. — India. Praised by 
Dr. Cleghorn as a valuable hedge-shrub. The pod 
contains Saponin. So is likewise A. latronum (Willd.), 
a hedge-bush. ; 
Acacia Cavenia, Hooker and Arnott.—The Espino 
of the present inhabitants of Chile, the Cavan of the 
former population. A small tree, with exceedingly 
hard wood, resisting underground moisture. The 
plant is well adapted for hedges. The pods, called 
quirinca, serve as cattle-food (Dr. Philippi). 
Acacia falcata, Willdenow. — East Australia. One 
of the best of trees for raising a woody vegetation on 
drift-sand, as particularly proved at the Cape of Good 
Hope. Other species serve the same purpose, for 
instance, A. pyenantha, A. saligna, A. cyanophylla, A. 
salicina. 
Acacia fasciculifera, F. v. Mueller.—South Queens- 
land. Desirable for culture on account of the excel- 
lence of its easily-worked wood. 
Acacia glaucescens, Willdenow. — Queensland and 
New South Wales. Extreme height about 60 feet. 
A kind of Myall, with hard, dark, prettily-grained 
but less scented wood. 
Acacia harpophyla, F. vy. Mueller. — Southern 
Queensland, where this tree, according to Mr. 'Tho- 
zet, furnishes a considerable share of the mercantile 
wattle-bark for tanning purposes. Wood, according 
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