SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
TO THE 
eel CP ieee N Tee 
READILY ELIGIBLE FOR 
VICTORIAN INDUSTRIAL CULTURE, 
BY 
Baron Ferd. von Mueller, C.M.G., M. & Ph D., F.R.S. 
Acacia Arabica, Willd.—North and Central Africa, 
Arabia. The stems attain a circumference of 10 feet. 
The astringent pods are valuable for tanning ; the 
wood, known as ‘‘Sunt,’’ is esteemed for planks of 
boats. A. gummifera, Willd., and A. Ehrenbergi- 
_ ana, Hayne, are among the species which yield Gum 
Arabic in North Africa. 
Acacia Seyal, Delile. —In the Libyan and Nubian 
deserts. This thorny tree exudesa good kind of Gum 
Arabie, It is adapted for the most arid desert coun- 
try. In any oasis it forms a large and shady tree. 
Acacia Verek, Guill. and Perrot. — From Senegam- 
bia to Nubia, Affords the best white Gum Arabic of 
the Nile region, and a large quantity of this commer- 
cial article, A. Etbaica, Schweinf., from the same 
region, produces also a good mercantile gum, 
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