220 J. H. MAIDEN. 



splinter of Lancewood is as bad as a snake bite. I think 

 that's an exaggeration." Would this be owing to the 

 presence of a saponin ? 



Named in honour of John Shirley, D.Sc, Principal of the 

 Teachers' College, the University, Brisbane, and a well- 

 known Queensland botanist. He has helped me to get 

 specimens for my Acacia researches. 



Range. 



This is a native of Queensland and the Northern Territory. 

 It occurs from Eidsvold to the Gulf of Carpentaria. 

 Additional localities will be available as its differences from 

 A. doratoxylon become known. 



Queensland. — ''Considered by me to be Lancewood, but 

 said by some timber-getters not to be true Lancewood, but 

 to be Bastard Lancewood. A fair-sized tree, good timber." 

 Fruits only. Mount Rose, Eidsvold (Dr. T. L, Bancroft, 

 No. 14 of 7th November, 1912). Flowers, March 1918. 



44 Lancewood," Rockhampton. Fruit only (Engineer-in- 

 Ohief for Railways, October, 1906, through C. T. White). 



"Lancewood," Gilbert River. Fruit only (E. W. Bick, 

 February 1914, through C. T. White). 



Northern Territory. — " Mulga." Fruit only. Track (from 

 Darwin to Katharine) near Bacon Swamp. (Prof. W. 

 Baldwin Spencer, July- August, 1911). 



MacDonnell Range (Tietkens' Camp 25 of 9th August, 

 1889). Flowers only. Distributed by Prof. Tate as A. 

 doratoxylon. There is some confusion here. Camp 25 was 

 11 th May at Watson's Range, south of the Macdonnell 

 Range, Long. 131, Lat. 24. (The day before the Expedition 

 had travelled fifteen miles through Desert Oak, Mallee and 

 Mulga). 9th August was spent at Camp 80, where there 



This camp was near the 



