BOTANY. 
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bank, &c., to an upright tree about twenty feet kigb.— Hab. New 
South Wales, Port Jackson. 
226. A. implexa, Bth. — A tree very like the Port Jackson W lllow 
Acacia, but having globular flowers, growing uncultivated, and is 
rather rare, in the valley above the J os House at Plantation. Hab. 
Australia. 
227. A. longifolia, Willd. — The Port Jackson Willow is one 
of the most abundant plants, and at the same time one of the most 
beautiful in the Island ; it varies in size from a large bush to a tree 
thirty feet high, and in the spring months of September and October, 
when it is covered with a mass of bright gamboge-yellow flowers the 
contrast it forms with the dark green foliage of the firs and light 
green oaks is very striking and beautiful. It grows wild and is 
common at all heights, but apparently best at mid altitudes, where 
in some places small forests of it exist. The timber is very beau- 
tiful, in appearance something between Walnut and Satinwood, it 
is close-grained and hard, and takes a fine polish ; it may be abun- 
dantly obtained in planks as wide as twelve or fifteen inches. The 
bark of the tree, which contains a large quantity of tannin, might 
be collected and used in the preparation of leather ; but up to the 
present time little use has been made of either timber or bark beyond 
that of firewood. Bot. Mag. 21G6.-Hab. New South Wales. 
228. A. verticillata latifolia , Willd. — Acacia ; with pale-ye ow 
blossoms, very like those of A. longifolia, but with short, stiff, prickly 
dark oreen leaves. Grows uncultivated, but is rare, to a good-sized 
tree at Plantation, &c. Bot. Mag. HO.-Hab New Holland. 
229 A. spectabilis, Cunn.— Large round yellow-flowered Acacia, 
bearing very long thorns or spikes ; is common and grows wild to a 
bushy tree, about ten feet high, on the low land, at The Briars, Ladder 
Ull 230 C ' A. suaveolens, Willd.— A small plant about four feet high, 
with yellow Acacia-like flowers ; grows at Fairyland. Seeds, but is 
rare. — Hab. New South Wales. , -. 
931 A. melanoxylon, E. Br.— A tree recently introduced, and 
appears to thrive well. Two or three specimens of it, about twenty 
feet in height, grow in a field at the back of Scotland Alt. 3-8. 
The leaves of this tree resemble those of A. longifolia, but the tloweis 
are globular.— Hab. Australia, Van Diemen’s Land. 
232. A. arabica, Willd. — Gum Arabic tree. 
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