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29. Acacia verniciflua, A. Cunningham . 
A shrub or small tree widely distributed over the colony in 
mountain and forest regions. 
30. Acacia vertieillata, Willdenow. 
THE COMMON PRICKLY WATTLE. 
Occurring almost everywhere in moist valleys. More of a shrub 
than a tree. Wood useful for small turnery work. 
3 1 • Acronychia laevis, Forster. 
YELLOW WOOD. Natural Order — Rutacece . 
Ranges scantily from Lake King to Cape Howe. A beautiful 
tree, attaining a height of 60 feet ; diameter of stem occasionally 
i| to 2 feet. Timber of superior quality, pale, close-grained. 
32. Alosphila Australis, R. Brown. 
MOUNTAIN TREE FERN. Natural Order— 
Filices. 
On slopes of moist ranges ; abundant in most of the southern 
forest districts. Attaining 40 feet in height and upwards. 
Occasionally used for turnery for the sake of its peculiar markings. 
Laboratory researches under the directorship of Baron von 
Mueller, yielded from the stem; charcoal 29 per cent.; crude 
wood vinegar, 44 per cent.; tar, 6 per cent.; tannic acid, 2*9 per 
cent.; and gallic acid, o # 9 per cent. 
33. Angophora intermedia, De Candolle. 
SPURIOUS APPLE-TREE. Natural Order — Myr- 
tacece. 
Restricted to the eastern part of Gippsland. A shady, middle- 
sized, rarely a large tree. Timber very valuable in quality; when 
free from gum-veins it is much used for naves of wheels, and cut 
into boards for various purposes. (Moore.) 
34 - Aster argophyllus, Labillardiere. 
THE MUSK-TREE. Natural Order — Composite. 
Confined to moist umbrageous forest gullies, but there abundant. 
