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Botanical Name.— Acacia, already explained (see Part XV, p. 104) ; 
Cunninghamii, in honour of Allan Cunningham, King’s Botanist, Avho arrived in 
Sydney in the year 1816, and who was the Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens, 
Sydney (1837-1839). He was an admirable botanist and a distinguished explorer,, 
one of his feats being the discovery of the Darling Downs, Queensland. 
Vernacular Name. —It is sometimes known as “ Bastard Myall,” and less 
frequently as “ Black Wattle.” 
Aboriginal Names. —At Narrabri, New South Wales, it bears the name of 
“ Kurracabah.” I am not certain 'whether the name is exclusively held by this 
species. It is also called by the name “ Motherumbah” (of which “ Motherumbung ” 
is a variant), but I have received at least two other wattles under that name. 
“Kowarkull” is a Queensland aboriginal name (Stradbroke Island, Watkins), and 
“Tchilgar” is the Bundaberg (Queensland) name, according to Keys, quoted by 
Bailey. 
Lcayes. —Mr. W. T. Seaward, of Miranee, Gundy, writes (in August, 1902, 
during the severe Upper Hunter drought) that specimens of this wattle, which grows 
on the spurs of the Lagoon Mountain, Page Diver, had been handed to him by a 
teamster, who was trying to keep his bullocks alive by lopping. The bullocks were 
leaving the kurrajong and eating these twigs in preference. 
I have not seen an analysis of the foliage, but believe that its nutritive value 
cannot be very great. 
Fruit. —The green pods of this plant are rich in saponin. (T. L. Bancroft, 
JProc. B. S. Qd., viii, 1890). 
Dr. Lauterer ( ib . xii, 103) draws further attention to saponin in this plant. 
He found 3 per cent, of saponin in the unripe pods, and gives an instance of supposed 
sandy blight in a woodcutter, which he traced to the eyes having been rubbed by the 
hands on which was some juice of the pods of this species. His paper, “ Occurrence 
of Saponin in Australian Acacias and Albizzias ” should be referred to. 
Bark. —A specimen of this bark received from Dr. T. L. Bancroft, of Brisbane, 
and obtained from Deception Bay, gave 1232 per cent, of tannic acid and 26’95 per 
cent, of extract. It is known locally as “ Black Wattle.” It is from a tree 30 feet 
in height and 1 foot in diameter, stripped in May, analysed in July. Dr. Bancroft 
says : r ‘ This is the only tanning wattle which grows near Brisbane in any great 
abundance.” 
The inner bark consists largely of fibre, while the outer is furrowed and 
scaly, of a dark brown colour; the thickness of the bark analysed averaged ^ inch 
under the outer scaly portion. The colour is dark-reddisli brown, and altogether it 
looks a poor tan-bark. Asa rule this tree carries a heavyisli bark. 
