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be the most valuable of all Australian timbers. It is celebrated for its 

 hardness and durability and is much valued for boat building, bridges, 

 railroad carriages, tool handles, etc. The figured wood is cut into veneers. 

 It is an excellent wood for bending under steam and is largely used for 

 oil casks. As a fuel it is equal to hickory. (Adapted from Maiden, 

 Useful Native Plants of Australia, p. 359, and Bentham, Flora Aus- 

 traliensis, vol. 2, p. 3S8.) 

 48052 and 48053. Acacia mickoboteya Benth. Miinosacese. 



48052. Badjong. A tall shrub from southwestern Australia, with a 

 diameter of 1 to 1£ feet, which produces an edible gum. It prefers 

 river valleys and lines brooks naturally. A single tree may yield 

 50 pounds of gum in a season. The aborigines store the gum in 

 hollow trees for winter use; it has a pleasant sweetish taste. 

 (Adapted from Mueller, Select Extra-Tropical Plants, p. 8, and 

 Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia, p. 213.) 



48053. Received as Acacia myriobotrya, which is considered synony- 

 mous with A. vnicrobotrya. It is deemed best to grow these sepa- 

 rately for the purpose of ascertaining the status of this form. 



48054. Acacia moniliformis Griseb. Mimosacese. 



Tusca. A shrub with fragrant yellow flowers, common in the sub- 

 tropical forests of Tucuman, Argentina, armed with straight spines and 

 bearing dusty, 4-angled branches and petioles and glabrous leaves. The 

 pods are linear, flat, and woody leathery ; when young they are used as 

 forage for cattle. (Adapted from Abhandlungen der Kaenigliclien Gesell- 

 schaft der Wissenschaften zu Goettingen, vol. 19, p. 136.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 42322. 

 48055 and 48056. Acacia neeiifolia A. Cunn. Mimosacese. 



48055. A handsome tree, native to eastern Australia, 40 to 50 feet in 

 height, with slender branchlets, mealy tomentose when young but 

 soon glabrous. The small globular flower heads are in simple 

 slender racemes shorter than the linear phyllodia. The flat straight 

 pods are several inches long. The heartwood is light yellow, the 

 rest is of a darker color. It is prettily marked, close grained, and 

 tough. (Adapted from Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia, 

 p. 363, and BentJiam, Flora Australiensis, vol. 2, p. 863.) 



48056. Received as Acacia iteaphylla, which is considered a synonym 

 of A. neriifolia. It is deemed best to grow both for the purpose of 

 determining the status of this form. 



48057. Acacia podalyeiaefolia A. Cunn. Mimosacese. Silver wattle. 

 A shrub 4 to 6 feet in height, covered with hoary powder. Its neat 

 gray ovate leaves and numerous long yellow racemes tipping the branches 

 make it a very decorative species. The wood is pinkish in color and 

 nicely marked. Native to Queensland. (Adapted from Maiden, Useful 

 Native Plants of Australia, p. 364.) 

 48058 and 48059. Acacia pycnantha Benth. Mimosacea 3 . 



Golden wattle. 

 48058. A small rapid-growing tree with coriaceous leaves (phyl- 

 lodia) and masses of fragrant bright-yellow flowers. The tree is 

 second only to Acacia mollissima in yielding tanbark. The bark 



