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Vernacular Kame. " Wild Lemon" is the only name I have personally 
heard applied to this shrub, but it shares it with other plants, e.g., Eremocitrus glauca 
p. 241. Sometimes it is known as " Native Orange" for a change. Mr. Mullen says 
it is known as "Myrtle" in the Bourke district, which is to be regretted; and 
Mr. Boorman, also a good observer, says it is called " White Wood" near Wanaaring. 
Leaves. This is another of the western trees (compare Flindersia maeulosa 
in Part X, p. 212) which has protective arrangements. 
In the early stages (I am speaking of the Bogan, where I know it best) the 
young stem is protected by powerful thorns which disappear from the trunk as growth 
proceeds. The young trees have vertical stems and grow in clumps for protection. 
Mr. R. N. Peacock says, " Sheep are very fond of it. It grows to the height 
of from 10 to 12 feet, providing a fair amount of fodder for its size. You will see the 
sheep standing upon their hind legs, like goats, eating all within reach. I have noticed 
large-framed, tall sheep in very much better condition owing to the advantage thus given 
to them." 
Bentham says the leaves are scarcely shining and the veins are rarely conspicuous, 
but I have not infrequently seen specimens which contradict both of these statements. 
Timber. The trunk is mostly straight, and usually 5 or 6 inches in diameter, 
with branches at right angles, which contrast it with most of its neighbours. Wood 
hard, close-grained, and capable of a high polish. 
Following are two representative specimens : 
" Bark thin, scaly, 6 inches diameter. ' Wild Lemon.' Timber pale-coloured 
white with a pale yellow tinge, hard, of very little figure." Cobar, N.S.W. (Archdeacon 
Haviland). Bark thin, scaly; timber pale-coloured, hard and apparently somewhat 
brittle, a quiet, small figure. Narrabri, N.S.W. (J.H.M.). 
Size. It is a small tree or tall shrub of 8-20 feet. Cobar, N.S.W. ( J. L. Boorman). 
It rarely attains a diameter much more than 6 inches. 
. Habitat. It is found in the drier parts of New South Wales and Queensland, 
and one specimen is recorded from Western Australia. The following localities are 
given in the Flora Australiensis : 
Queensland. Burdekin River (F. Mueller); Suttor River (Sutherland). 
New South Wales. Plains of the Gwydir (Mitchell); Castlereagh River 
(C. Moore); Darling River to Cooper's Creek (Nielson). 
It grows in small groups, and Thozet says, speaking of Central Queensland, 
that it is met with in poor soil. It is found in moderately dry situations. The dry 
New South Wales localities render the Western Australian locality reasonable, and we 
now should find it in the intermediate State of South Australia. The type locality is 
northern New South Wales, near the Queensland border (" Plains of the Gwydir," 
Mitchell, as already recorded). 
