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Notes on the 
13. A. 'melanoxylon (Br. in Hurt. Kew, ed. 3, v. 462.), glabr^ 
ramulis angulatis, phyllodiis faleato-oblongis sublanceolatisve obtusi a 
v. rarius acutis basi longe angustatis coriaceis rigidulis multinerviia 
crebre venulosis, racemis brevibus 1-4-cephaIis, capitulis dense multi, 
floria, legumine lato-Iineari piano arcuato glabro marginibua incrassatig 
valvulis coriaceia.—Wendl. Diss. t. 6.—Bot. Mag. t. 1659.—Bot. Cab. 
t. 630.— A. arcuata Sieb. PI. Nov. Holl. n. 459—Pbyllodia sseping 
3-4 poll, longa, J-l poll. lata. Peduuculi 3-4 lin. longi, raro aolitarii. 
Flores in capitulo ultra 30. Calyces membranacei, subciliati, corolla 
paullo breviores. Legumen aubglaucescens, 2-4 poll, longum, interdurn 
fere in circulum curvatum. Semina suborbicularia, strophiola magna 
cincta.—Common in N. S. Wales, Cunningham, Sieber n. 45 >; IItigel } 
Mitchell, fyc.; V. Diemen’s Land, Gunn, n. 201. 
This is the Blackwood and Lightwood of the colonists; the 
former being the term applied to it in the northern, and the latter 
in the southern parts of the island. It varies very much in size 
and aspect; from being a very small round-headed tree, growing 
in rich open valleys, to a tree of seventy to eighty feet in height 
on the rich alluvial banks of rivers. The timber is very good, and 
is considered the best colonial wood for spokes of wheels and 
similar purposes. It was also formerly much used for household 
furniture and house work, and is still occasionally used where 
attainable; but trees of any large size are becoming scarce in all 
accessible places. Flowers in October. 
A smaller plant, usually not exceeding four to six feet high, and 
of a very different habit, though otherwise very similar, grows in 
very wet poor sandy soil at Circular Head and near George 
Town; but until the fruit is known I cannot ascertain whether it 
is distinct from A. Melanoxylon. 
14. A. linearis (Sims Bot. Mag. t. 2156), glabra v. junior leviter 
puberula, ramulis angulatis, phyllodiis longe et anguste liuearibus 
muticis v. vix mucronaiis 1-3-nerviis nervo mediano prominente late- 
ralibus obscuris basi longe angustatis eglanilulosis, spicis gracilibus 
interruptis phyllodio multo brevioribus glabris, calyce brevi 4-dentato, 
legumine anguste lineari intus continuo.—Bot. Cab. t. 595.— A. longis- 
sima, Wendl. Diss. t. 11.—Bot. Reg. t. 080.— Phyllodia soepius 5-0 
poll, longa, vix linea latiora, interdum 9-10 poll, longa. Racemi 
