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tropical and sub-tropical America, but apparently not in tropical 

 Africa. Professor Fraas has recognised in this Acacia the ancient 

 plant. The scented flowers are much sought after for perfumery. 

 This may also be utilised as a hedge plant, and a kind of gum-arabic 

 may be obtained from it. 



Acacia fasciculifera, F. v. Mueller. 



South-Queensland. Seventy feet high, branches pendant. Desir- 

 able for culture on account of the excellence of its easily- worked 

 dark wood. 



Acacia giraffae, Willdenow. 



South- Africa. The Camel-Thorn. This tree attains a great age, 

 and a height of 40 feet. The trunk assumes a large size, and 

 supplies a wood of great hardness. The tree grows on the driest 

 soil. 



Aca'cia 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 than that of some other species. 



Acacia harpophylla, F. v. Mueller. 



Southern Queensland, where this tree, according to Mr. Thozet, 

 furnishes a considerable share of the mercantile wattle-bark for 

 tanning purposes. Wood, according to Mr. O'Shanesy, brown, 

 hard, heavy, and elastic; used by the natives for spears. Mr. Thozet 

 observes that the tree attains sometimes a height of 90 feet, grow- 

 ing naturally on sand lands, almost to the exclusion of other trees 

 and shrubs, furnishing wood of a violet odour, splitting freely, and 

 used for fancy turnery. Saplings used as stakes in vineyards have 

 lasted 20 years and more. The tree yields also considerable quanti- 

 ties of gum. It is one of the principal " Brigalows" in the scrubs 

 of that designation. 



Acacia homalophylla, Cunningham. 



The t Victorian Myall, extending into the deserts of New South 

 Wales. The dark-brown wood is much sought for turners' work 

 on account of its solidity and fragrance ; perhaps its most extensive 

 use is in the manufacture of tobacco-pipes. Never a tall tree. 



Acacia horrida, Willdenow. 



The Doornboom or Karra-Doorn of South- Africa. A formidable 

 hedge bush with thorns often 3 inches long, readily available for 

 impenetrable hedge copses. It exudes also a good kind of gum, 

 but often of amber colour. This is the principal species used for 

 tanners' bark in South Africa, where Leucospermum conocarpum 

 (B. Br.) is also extensively used for the same purpose (M'Gibbon). 



