J.2 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



It likes river-banks, but never grows beyond the height of a small 

 tree. A. neriifolia (A. Cunningham) of New South Wales is a 

 closely allied species. 



Acacia Sentis, F. v. Mueller. 



Interior of Australia. This shrub or small tree is suitable for 

 hedges. The seeds of this species and also of A. Kempeana, A. 

 cibaria and some others are eaten by the natives. Horses, cattle, 

 sheep and goats browse in Central Australia with avidity on the 

 foliage [Rev. H. Kempe] . This species will endure most protracted 

 drought and a shade-temperature of 118 F. The foliage of this 

 and of A. aneura and A. salicina proved a favorite food of 

 dromedaries [Sir Thomas Elder]. Its gum is similar to the least- 

 colored kinds of gum arable. 



Acacia Seyal, Delile. 



In the Libyan and Nubian Deserts. This thorny tree exudes a 

 brownish kind of gum arable. It is adapted for the most arid 

 desert-country. In any oasis it forms a large and shady tree. 

 Native name " Soft'ar." Can be utilized for thorny hedges as well 

 as A. tortilis (Forskael), the latter also yielding gum arable. 



Acacia stenocarpa, Hochstetter. 



Abyssinia and Nubia. A large tree, which yields the brownish 

 " Suak-" or " Talha " -Gum, a kind of gum arable [Hanbury and 

 Flueckiger]. 



Acacia stenophylla, Cunningham. 



On banks of water-courses in the interior of Australia, as far 

 south as the Murray-River. A tree with exquisite, hard, dark 

 wood, which serves the purposes as Myall-wood ; locally known as 

 Iron-wood. Attains a height of 60 feet and a stem-diameter of 2 

 feet. 



Acacia subporosa. F. v. Mueller. 



South-Eastern Australia. Straight stems over 50 feet long are 

 formed by this tree ; the wood is tough and elastic, tit for carriage- 

 shafts, gunstocks, various select tools [L. Morton]. 



Acacia Verek, Guillemin and Perrottet. 



From Senegambia to Nubia. Affords the best white gum arable 

 of the Nile-region, and a large quantity of this on a commercial 

 scale. A. Etbaica (Schweinfurth) from the same region produces 

 also a good mercantile gum. 



