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20 feet high; while A. yhiucescens Willd., very often exceeds 50 

 feet in height. 



2'imber. — The timber, when fresh, has a very pleasant odour. 

 It is not very heavy when green, and rarely exceeds 9" in 

 diameter. Sapwood white and tough; heartwood brown, of a 

 satin}' lustre; grain free and straight. 



Fodder-value. — Mr. T. W. 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 River, 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. 



Mr. Gordon Burrows, Narrabri, writes (September, 1912), 

 ''Curracabah, an Acacia highly valued in this district as a fodder- 

 plant. I have even heard it rated as better for cattle than 

 Kurrajong." And again (in December, 1916), "Edible for stock, 

 locally known as 'Curracabah'." 



Mr. E. H.Gall, Waipanuko, Pallamallawa, writes, (August, 

 1917) : '-Owing to the dry spell, I am still feeding cattle on 

 the bush, and they appear to be doing well." 



Range. — It is chiefly confined to the north-west parts of New 

 South Wales. Its geographical range, as shown by herbarium 

 specimens, extends from Murrurundi north to Warialda, west- 

 ward to the Pilliga, and thence southward as far as Mudgee. 



Localities :~-^l.\xdgeQ (W. S. Campbell) ; Murrurundi, small 

 tree up to 20 feet high, growing in semi-exposed situations, on 

 the sides and near the snmmit of steep stony hills (W. F. 

 Blakely); summit of Mt. Duri, 3150 feet, andesite formation: 

 Currabubula (R. H. Cambage, No. 3540): spurs of the Lagoon 

 Mountain at Page River (W. T. Seaward); Gunnedah (M. H. 

 Simon); Quirindi (W. McDonald); Chilcott's Creek, Warrah (J. 

 Gregson); Manilla, about 10 miles from town (L. H. Preston, H. 

 Stoddart) [Mr. Preston writes, from the type-locality, Manilla, 

 that " The trees are growing on a poor, stony, steep hill-side, for 

 the most part facing the north, and formed originally a verv 



