206 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN FORAGE PLANTS. 



3. Acacia D0RAT0XYL0N,yl.Cwn?i.,B.ri.,ii., 403. N.O.Leguminosa?. 



" Spear- wood," a " Brigalow," "Currawang" or " Caariwan," 

 "Hickory." Found in all the Australian Colonies except 

 Tasmania and Western Australia. 



The leaves are eaten by stock. 



4. Acacia pendula, A. Cunn., B. Fl , ii., 383. Syn. : A. leucophylla, 



Lindl. N. O. Leguminosse. "Weeping or true Myall." 

 Called "Boree" and "Balaar" by the aboriginals of the 

 Western Districts. Found in New South Wales and Queensland. 



Stock are very fond of the leaves of this tree, especially in 

 seasons of drought, and for this reason, and because they eat 

 down the seedlings, it has almost become exterminated in parts 

 of the Colony. 



5. Acacia salicina, Lindl., B. Fl., vii., 367. Syn. : A. ligulata y 



A. Cunn. N. O. Leguminosse. " Native Willow," and 

 " Broughton Willow," near the Broughton River (Northern 

 S.A.). Called " Cooba " or " Koobah " by the aboriginals of 

 Western New South Wales, and "Motherumba" by those 

 on the Castlereagh River, New South Wales. Found in all 

 the Colonies except Tasmania. 



The leaves are eaten by stock. This is another tree which is 

 rapidly becoming scarce owing to the partiality of stock to it. 



6. Albizzia basaltica, Benth., B. FL, ii., 422. Syn. : Acacia 



basaltica, F. v. M. N. O. LeguminosaB. " Dead finish." 

 Found in Queensland. 

 Cattle like the foliage of this tree. 



7. Angophora intermedia, DC, B. FL, iii., 184. Syn. : 



Metrosideros jioribunda, Smith. N.O. Myrtacese. " Narrow- 

 leaved Apple-tree." Found in Victoria, New South Wales, 

 and Queensland. 



8. Angophora subvelutina, F. v. M., B. FL, iii., 184. Syn. : 



A. velutina, F. v. M. N. 0. Myrtacea?. " Broad-leaved 

 Apple-tree." Found in New South Wales and Queensland. 



The Rev. Dr. Woolls states that these "Apple-trees" are 

 sometimes cut down to keep cattle alive in dry seasons, as the 

 leaves are relished by them. 



9. Albizzia lophantha, Benth,, B. FL, ii., 421. Syn. : Acacia 



laphantha, Willd. ; Mimosa distachya, Vent. ; M. eleyans, 

 Andr. N.O. Leguminosse. Found in Western Australia. 



Cattle browse on the leaves of this tree. It is, however, of 

 rapid growth. 



