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/.s. The seeds were eaten by black-. and continue to form part of the 

 food of some aborigines to this very day. I need scarcely say that they are 

 astringent, and that they yield only a small proportion of starchy matter. 



Tiniher. Excessively hard, dark brown, used by 'the aborigines for 

 Ixiomerangs, sticks to lift edible roots, shafts of spears, nulla-nullas, and 

 ged .-pear-ends (.Mueller). It is highly irritating' in flesh wounds. It 

 makes excellent fencing posts, and in parts of western Xcw South Wales 

 it is very plentiful, and much appreciated. It is- often used for bullock- 

 yokes. 



" In the absence of other timber. Mulira is now one of the principal trees 

 burnt for charcoal near Cohar." (Cambage.) 



Exudation. The Mulga yields a small quantity of soluble gum, similar 

 in properties to that of good gum-arabic. It would be commercially valuable 

 if it were procurable in quantity. 



Often a tall shrub or small tree, and. rarely more than 2"> feet in 

 height. Ir is often with a stem diameter of 9 to 12 inches. 



JlcJ'itnf. Western Australia, through the other mainland States to 

 Queensland. It is a native of the drier western parts of Xew South Wales, 

 it- IM tern boundaries are not yet denned. 



Localities and collectors of some .New South Wales specimens in the 

 ".National Herbarium, Sydney, are: 



Broken Hill (A. C. Loder) ; Paldrumatta Bore and Mount Browne (P. 

 Corbett) ; Mount Hope (J. L. Boormaii) ; near Cobar (J. V. d'Apice), both 

 broad and narrow leaf; Xorth Bourke (A. Murphy); Pera Bore (W. W. 

 Froggatt) : Tarcoon ( J. L. Boorman) ; Byrock (H. Deane) ; Coolabah (E. 

 W. Peacock); Xynaii (E. F. Kogers). 



'' Fp to a height of 25 feet. Wood very hard, and used greatly by nati\ > - 

 for weapons, eV:c. Capable' of high polish." Ivaiihoe, rid Hay (Iv. II. 

 Bennett). 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 00. 

 A. Flowering twig of the broad-leaved form. 

 T:. Spike of flower-buds. 



C. Individual bud. 



D. Flower. 



E. Flower, opened out. showing (a) Calyx, (b) Corolla, 



(C) Stamens, (tl) Pistil. 



F. Seed, attached to the pod by a white arillus. 

 o. Pods. 



H. Flowering twig of the narrow-leaved form. 



Acacia Cunninghamii, Hook. 



THE "BASTARD MYALL" OR ' KURRACABAII." 



Botanical Names Cunniitghamii, in honour of Allan Cunningham. 

 King's Botanist, Avho arrived in Sydney in the year 1816, and who was the 

 Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney (1837-1839). He was an 

 admirable botanist and a distinguished explorer, one of his feats being the 

 discovery of the Darling Downs, Queensland. 



Vernacular Name. It is sometimes known as "Bastard Myall,'' and le--; 

 frequently as " Black Wattle." 



Aboriginal Names. At Xarrabri, New South Wales, it bears the name of 

 " Kurracabah." I am not certain whether the name is exclusively held by 

 tliis species. It is also called by the name " Motherumbah " (of which 



