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year. In regard to foliage, wattles naturally resolve themselves into 

 two groups, ^ one with true foliage, which is generally bipinnate or 

 feather-like in character, and the other which possesses phyllodes, or 

 flattened leaf stalks, but which very much resemble leaves in character. 

 Then, again, the flowers form two separate groups, one in which the 



Willow Wattle of Western Australia (Acacia saligna) . 



flower heads are round or globular, as in the golden wattle, Acacia 

 pycnantha, or in long cylindrical spikes, as in the sallow acacia. 

 Acacia Ion gifolia. The characteristic variation of foliage is very 

 interesting. One variety, from the Northern Territory, has leaves 

 which have measured 17 inches long by 9 inches broad. The golden 



