Eumung. 



salicina, Lindl.) 



As regards its ornamental character, this species of timber is a rival to Blackwood 

 {Acacia melanoxylon), and by some it is thought to be superior in this respect, for it often has very 

 beautiful wavy markings. In texture it is more open than Blackwood, but has about the same 

 specific gravity, although it has a more showy figure, while the colour is somewhat like Honduras 

 Mahogany. It is necessary to use the scraper to work it up to a smooth surface before polishing. 

 A rich appearance is produced when polished, and it would look handsome in panels, counters, 

 internal decoration of railway carriages, and would also be very suitable for all kinds of fancy 

 boxes, brushes, rings, cutlery cases, caskets, &c. 



Description of the Tree. One of the largest of the Acacia family, probably the 

 largest species of the interior, as it attains quite full tree size with a diameter of over 2 feet, 

 branches often pendulous, branchlets angular, but soon terete. Phyllodes pale-coloured or 

 glaucous, straight or falcate, narrow to broadly lanceolate, narrowed towards the base, 3 to 

 over 6 inches long, occasionally over \ inch broid, but mostly much narrower, midrib 

 prominent, lateral veins not prominent, gland wanting. Racemes sometimes as long as 

 the leaves, often reduced to one head on slender peduncles, about twenty flowers in each 

 globular head. Calyx short, petals quite smooth. Pod straight or curved, i to 3 

 inches long, under \ inch broad, not much constricted between the seeds ; valves hard 

 and thick. Seeds orbicular, longitudinal, funicle red, forming several folds under the seed. 



Geographical Range. Open forest lands on the Balonne and Suttor Rivers, 

 Queensland, to the Lachlan River, Barrier Range, and Western Plains, New South 

 Wales. 



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