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lloliiniciil Xante. Callicoma, from the Greek kalos, beautiful, and kome, 
hair, in allusion to the appearance of the heads of flowers ; serratifolia is from two Latin 
words meaning saw-tooth leaves (serrati, folia). 
A figure of the plant is given in Curtis' Botanical Magazine, vol. xiii, pi. 1811, 
where, however, from the imperfect information available at the time, it was described 
as a shrub 4 feet high. In this work the drawings of the structure of the flower found 
in Forster's Characteres Generum Plantarum, published in the year 1776, plate No. 
30, Cordia are inadvertently referred to as those of a synonym of our plant. There 
is a small figure of our plant in G. Don's DicMamydeow Plants, Vol. iii, p. 202. 
There is one other species of Callicoma found in Australia (C. Stutzeri F.v.M., 
belonging to Queensland), although D. Don's C. Billardieri is in the Index Kewensis 
still recognised as distinct. There is one non- Australian species, viz., C. ternata Montr., 
found in New Caledonia. 
Vernacular Names. To the very early colonists it went by the name of 
Black Wattle, because its young saplings were split for .making the rough wattle and 
daub houses of long ago. It was, in fact, this particular tree that gave the name 
" Blackwattle Swamp " to what is now a portion of Wentworth Park, between Sydney 
and the Glebe. The name Black Wattle has, however, for many years been given to 
an Acacia ; in fact, many Acacias are invariably known as Wattles, an instance of the 
rare case of complete transfer of a vernacular from one plant to another. 
In the Braidwood district it is known as " Coachwood," while we have also heard 
it called "Native Beech," and even (in the Illawarra) "Rosewood," but all three names 
are preoccupied and are unsuitable. An intelligent old resident of Mount Victoria 
called it " Native Quince," and if the fruit, flowers, or foliage resembled in any way 
that of the quince we perhaps might have adopted the name. 
Aboriginal Name." Tdgerruing " of the aborigines of County of Camden, 
according to the late Sir William Macarthur. 
Synonym. C. ferruginea D. Don, Cunon. II, in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 
April to June, 1830, with the leaves softly rusty-tomentose or villous underneath, passes 
into the common form by every gradation. 
Leaves. The leaves contain saponin according to GreshofE in Kew Bulletin. 
1909, 404. 
Timber. Close in the grain, works remarkably well to a nice smooth surface. 
It has no figure to speak of; it is of a pinkish colour when fresh. It is used sometimes 
for wheelwrights' work, but it is never large enough for anything of much size. It 
requires very careful seasoning to avoid splitting. 
In spite of its name of " Coachwood," I have never been able to learn that it has 
been used in the direction indicated. The wood of young saplings splits easily in very 
thin strips for wattling, and was used for basket-making in the early days. 
