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CATALOGUE 
OF 
SPECIMENS OF WOODS 
FROM THE 
TREES & SHRUBS OF VICTORIA, 
Adapted for Economic Purposes. 
acacia. 
(Natural Order — Leguminosce . Sub. Order — Mimosece.) 
The genus Acacia is in Australia more numerous in species than 
any of Phanerogamous (or flowering) plants. It includes the so- 
called Wattle-trees, a name more commonly applied to those 
species celebrated for the astringency of their bark, and for 
their gum. 
Among the woods yielded by this genus are the beautiful 
and valuable Blackwood (specifically identical with Lightwood) 
(No. 15), the Victorian violet-scented Myall (No. 8), two species 
of so-called Native Hickory (Nos. 11, 28), and a few other 
timbers (notably Nos. 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 23, 27, 30) adapted for 
cabinetwork, implements, and small turnery purposes, etc. 
Time may develop peculiar values possessed by many of our 
small species ; some kinds, once classified as useless on account 
of their diminutive size, are now applied in our manufactures. 
1. Acacia brachybotyra, Bent ham. 
Not uncommon in the Mallee country. A tall handsome 
shrub. 
2. Acacia ealamifolia, Sweet. 
WILLOW or BROOM WATTLE. 
Not infrequent in the Mallee country. A tall shrub. Yields 
an excellent tan bark. 
