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Leaves.— There is considerable difference in the width of young and mature 
phyllodes in this species. Note should he made of the glands, to which prominent 
attention has already been drawn. Cattle eat the foliage. 
Fruit . —This is one of the Wattles of which the blacks used to eat the 
seeds. 
Bark . —A specimen of this bark gave the following result:—Tannic acid, 
9 06 per cent., and extract 2151 per cent. ( Proc. R.S. N.S. TV., 1887, p. 189.) 
It was from au old tree, full of flakes, and could he pulled to pieces with the 
fingers. A dry-country bark, hut hardly a fair specimen of that. 
Timber. —One of the best firewoods of the west. Timber hard, and of a 
violet odour. This dark-brown wood is much sought after for turners’ work on 
account of its solidity and fragrance. It is well adapted to cabinet-making purposes, 
and stock-whip handles and fancy articles, such as rulers and napkin rings, are often 
made from it. Allan Cunningham says the natives of New South Wales formerly 
employed it for spears. . Referring to the blacks of Northern Queensland,— 
The wood is made into boomerangs, and is the favourite wood for spears. Some spears are found 
12 and 14 feet long, in one straight piece, not thicker than a man’s finger, being very tough and free in 
the grain.—(E. Palmer.) The specific gravity is given as 1-124.—( Report Victorian Exhibition, 1861.) 
Exudations. —E. Palmer says the gum is gathered and eaten from this tree 
on the Cloncurry, Queensland. It is also used for adhesive purposes in New South 
Wales. 
Size . —As a rule it is a small or medium-sized tree, often gnarled. Speaking 
of the Lachlan district, Mr. Forester Kidston stated :—“ Yarran cannot be called 
‘ timber,’ as not over one in 5,000 could be got 6 feet long, 6 inches in diameter, 
and straight.” At the same time the Yarran, in some districts, exhibits a better 
trunk than that. 
Habitat. —Tile type came from the Lachlan River as Bentham states (. Lond. 
Journ. Bot. i, 366). Oxley does not refer to this tree in his “Journals,” under 
date 3rd May, 1817, but his expedition on that date would be at a point about 
lat. 33° 30' S. and long. 148° E., say somewhere about Eorbes. 
In the “ Flora Australiensis” it is recorded from :— 
New South Wales. —Abundant on the barren heaths of the interior, from the 
Lachlan to the Barrier Range; one of the spear-woods of the natives.—Victorian 
Expedition and others (A. Cunningham). 
Victoria. —Salt-bush fiats on the Murray, yielding the hard, dark and fragrant 
“Myall wood” (F. Mueller). 
South Australia. —Spencer’s Gulf ( Wilhelmi ). A single specimen in leaf 
only and therefore doubtful. 
