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Acacia glaucescens, Wind. 
The Coast Myall. 
(Family LEGUMINOS/E : MIMOSE^E.) 
Botanical description. —Genus, Acacia. (See Part XV, p. 103.) 
Botanical description. —Species, A. glaucescens, Willd. 
A tree attaining . r )0 feet or more, the foliage generally ashy or hoary, with a very minute, close 
pubescence, or the young shoots yellowish ; branchlets more slender and much less angular 
than in A. Cunninyhamii. 
Phyllodia oblong-falcate, or lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, mostly 4 to G inches long, l to 
near 1 inch broad in the middle, coriaceous, striate with numerous very fine nerves, 3 to 5 
rather more prominent, the smaller ones occasionally anastomosing, and all free from the 
lower margin from the base. 
Spikes nearly sessile or shortly pedunculate, often clustered in the upper axils, 1 to 2 inches 
long. 
Flowers distinct or distant, mostly 5-merous, but occasionally 4-merous. 
Calyx short, truncate or sinuate-toothed, pubescent or woolly. (B.F1. ii, 406.) 
The pod as described by Bentham (be had his doubts about it) is incorrect. 
It is figured on the plate, and following is a description of the pod and seeds: — 
Pod linear, straight or nearly so, 2 to 3 inches long and to f of an inch broad, minutely hoary 
pubescent, and with slightly thickened margins. 
Seeds oblong, dark and shining, about 6 to 8 in thp pod, placed longitudinally; the funicle 
folded and dilated at the end, but not encircling the seed. 
Botanical Name. — Acacia, already explained (see Part XV, p. 104) ; 
glaucescens, from the Latin glaucus, sea-green (in botany, glaucous) ; it means, 
becoming glaucous. 
Vernacular Names. —In the South Coast districts it is often known as 
“ Myall,” and in order to distinguish it from the Interior or Weeping Myall, I 
propose the name “ Coast Myall ” for it. 
It is also sometimes called “ Mountain Brigalow ” and “ Boree.” 
Aboriginal Name. —According to the late Sir William Macarthur, the 
aboriginal name for this tree in the Counties of Cumberland and Camden was 
