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Following is an analysis of another Queensland sample of this hark :— 
Tannin, 9T3 per cent.; extract, 16T5 per cent. {Queensland Comm., Col. and 
Indian Exh ., 1886.) 
Timber. —Wood close-grained, and takes a good polish. It is dark-coloured 
and heavy, and a useful wood for cabinet purposes. It reminds one very much of 
Red Cedar, hut it is heavier. It is very homogeneous. A slab of this wood in the 
Technological Museum, which had been seasoned over twenty-five years (having 
been exhibited at the London Exhibition of 1862), had a weight which corresponds 
to 46 lb. 12 oz. per cubic foot. 
Under No. LXVI {Cat. N.S.W. Northern Timbers, London Exh., 1862) 
the late Mr. Charles Moore has the entry :— 
Acacia Cunninghamii. —Bastard Myall; brushes and open forests, Clarence. This tree, which 
is very abundant in the locality referred to, occasionally attains a considerable size—from 
60 to 80 feet in height, and from 18 inches to 2 feet in diameter; timber dark ; prettily 
grained; seldom used. 
Exudations. —Ur. T. L. Bancroft states that, in Queensland, gum of this 
species makes a good adhesive mucilage; it is, however, dark in colour. Lauterer* 
gives an analysis. 
Size. —None of the trees I have seen have exceeded 25 or 30 feet in height, 
with a trunk diameter of 9 inches or 12 inches, but the size of the trees referred to 
by Mr. Charles Moore (already quoted) is much greater. 
Some specific sizes will be found under “ Habitat.” 
Habitat.— This is a widely diffused species, but its range requires much more 
investigation yet. It is common in Queensland and New South Wales, and Prof. 
Baldwin Spencer collected it at Hanson’s Well in Central Australia. 
The type came from “ Forest ground, near Brisbane River ” (Allan 
Cunningham). 
According to Britten’s “ Illustrations of Banks’ and Solander’s plants,” those 
botanists collected it at Bustard Bay, Queensland, and it is figured at t. 87. In the 
National Herbarium, Sydney, w r e have it from Rockhampton, Ilerberton, and other 
localities. Its range in Queensland is very extensive, both coastally and further 
west. 
In New South Wales the following localities of specimens in the National 
Herbarium, Sydney, wall give a good idea of its range in this State :—Myrtle Creek, 
Richmond River ; Woodburn, Richmond River, Evans River, 30-40 feet, Lawrence 
to Casino, Hastings River; 6-10 feet, Warialda and Bingara; “ Kurracabah ” or 
“ Motherumba,” Narrabri; “ Lady’s Finger Wattle” (in allusion to the specially 
* “Gums and Resins exuded by Queensland Plants Chemically and Technologically Described.” From pages 35' 
to 80 of F. M. Bailey’s “ Botany Bulletin,” No. 13 (April 1896), “ Contributions to the Queensland Flora.” 
