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Myall. 



(Acacia pendula, A. Cunn.) 



This is one of the hardest and heaviest of the Acacia timbers, and is only suitable for 

 dark heavy furniture, being in this feature a rival to the famous black Oak of the Old Country, 

 so much in vogue in the I5th and i6th centuries, and even later. It is close in texture, not too 

 distinctly figured, polishes and turns well ; it could also be utilised for all kinds of small 

 ornamental articles, such as cutlery cases, &c., and would have a very rich appearance if 

 mounted with silver. 





Description of the Tree. An Acacia which attains tree size and is easily distinguished 

 by its willowy character, which gives it an attractive appearance ; branchlets slightly 

 angular, soon terete. Phyllodia of a glaucous hue, linear lanceolate, falcate, acuminate, 

 narrowed towards the base, 2 to 3 inches long, coriaceous, indistinctly finely striate, 

 often with a recurved point. Inflorescence in short axillary racemes, each head containing 

 from twelve to twenty flowers. Pod linear, very flat, nearly 3 inches long and f inch 

 broad, the valves reticulate, the sutures bordered by a very narrow wing. Seeds oval, 

 placed obliquely ; arillus with three or four short folds near the hilum. 



Geographical Range. From the Maranoa River, Queensland, to morasses of the 

 Lachlan and Western Plains New South Wales. 



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