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7- Acacia doratoxylon, Cunningham. 
SPEAR WOOD. 
A small tree, restricted to the north-east part of the colony. 
Its hard and durable wood may be employed for cabinetwork, and 
is used by the aborigines for the manufacture of their spears and 
other weapons. It is also scented, and therefore may rank 
amongst perfumes. The leaves are eaten by stock. 
8. Acacia homalophylla, Cunningham. 
MYALL. 
Is found in the Mallee scrub. A small tree, being in Victoria 
the only species yielding the violet-scented Myallwood. It 
possesses a dark and beautiful duramen. From its generally 
small size the use of its timber is mostly confined to the manu- 
facture of tobacco pipes, whip handles, and small articles in 
turnery. This species yields a gum which is more or less 
copiously available during the summer season. 
9. Acacia implexa, Bentham. 
Scattered over ridges of the lower silurian formation, from Port 
Phillip to the Pyrenees and Upper Murray, but nowhere common. 
A middle-sized tree ; wood useful for cabinetwork, turnery, and 
cogs. It is hard and close-grained. Colour, dark brown with 
yellow stripes. Specific gravity, 0711 ; weight, 44 lbs. per cubic 
foot of dry wood. Bark available for tanning. 
10. Acacia juniperina, Willdenow. 
COMMON PRICKLY WATTLE. 
In the granite formation of Gippsland ; also in the Grampians 
and a few other places. The wood is light and tough, and much 
esteemed by splitters. 
11. Acacia leprosa, Sieber. 
NATIVE HICKORY. 
Dandenong Ranges, and elsewhere in moist forest-valleys 
through the southern and eastern parts of the colony. Usually a 
rather small tree with a slender stem, yielding excellent wood for 
small cabinetwork and turnery. 
