572 SOME NEW SOUTH WALES PLANTS ILLUSTRATED, 



SOME NEW SOUTH WALES PLANTS ILLUSTRATED. 



(No. I.) 



By R. T. Baker, Assistant Curator, Technological 

 Museum, Sydney. 



(Plate xxxvn.) 



Acacia prominens, A. Cunn. in G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 406, B.F1. 



ii. 371. 



One of the first signs of the wattle-flowering season around 

 Sydney is the presence of beautiful sprays of this Acacia in 

 florists' windows. 



It begins to flower in July and continues to about the middle 

 of September. 



The best time to collect the seed is November and December 

 for Sydney, and February for the southern districts. 



The principal Sydney localities where it is to be found appear 

 to be Oatley, Hurstville, Penshurst, and Canterbury ; thence to 

 the Illawarra. It is also plentiful between Gosford and Newcastle, 

 and outside this area it extends to the Blue Mountains on the 

 west and as far south as the Snowy Range, near the Victorian 

 border. 



My observations and researches in connection with this plant 

 in the living state have supplemented a few botanical points to 

 Bentham's description, which, as we know, was made from dried 

 specimens ; and from numerous examinations of fresh material I 

 have, at the same time, been compelled to differ in a slight degree 

 from his diagnosis. 



