127' 



Bark from Eden, stripped in November, gave 30-25 per cent, of tannic 

 acid, and 51-05 per cent, of extract. 



A specimen of "Green Wattle-baric," grown at Tombong, Snowy River, 

 N.S.W., \vas collected in March, 1889. It was obtained from trees 20 to 30 

 feet high, with diameters i; to 15 inches, ajid was grown in granite country. 

 It yielded (April, 1890) 24-63 per cent, of tannic acid, with 45-8 per cent, 

 of extract. This sample is hardly fair to the species. It is rather thin, 

 rugged, covered with lichens, and rather more fibrous than the generality of 

 barks of this variety. In spite of the badly-selected sample, the analysis 

 shows that it is full of promise. 



Northern Barlcs. 



Bark from Booral, stripped in June, yielded 28-52 per cent, of tannic 

 acid, and 5(1-1. per cent, of extract. A second sample from the same place 

 gave 27 5 per cent, of tannic acid, and 57-1 per cent, of extract. 



A sample from Raymond Terrace, collected in December, gave 33-20 per 

 cent, of tannic acid, and 56-5 per cent, of extract, showing that good barks 

 can come from the north. 



Bark from Gosford, stripped in July, from four-year-old trees, gave 22 

 per cent, of tanniq acid, and 40-4 per cent, of extract. 



Habitat. The only form in Tasmania, and the most common one in 

 .Victoria; less frequent in the northern districts of New South Wales. 



Queensland. Inland extra-tropical Queensland. 



South Australia. South of the Murray Desert, embracing the 90-mile 

 Desert and the Tatiara; Mount Gambier District. 



In New South Wales this variety nourishes best in the colder districts of 

 this State, chiefly on the southern tablelands, but is by no means confined to 

 the colder districts, as the following specimens in the National Herbarium, 

 Sydney, show : 



Cooma; Mogo, near Moruya, "Green Wattle," the tan-bark; Tallong, 

 Marulau, Hill Top, National Park, Parramatta (examined by Bentham), 

 Wahrooriga, Sydney. It is apparently not common in northern New South 

 (Wales, e.g.. Warialda. Pods nearly glabrous, leaflets more spathulate than 

 var. pauciglandulosa and not hairy on the tips; Warialda More glabrous 

 than the preceding, and further remote from var. pauciglandulosa; Wari- 

 alda Nearer the pauciglandulosa type, but glands abundant; Invcrell 

 almost entirely glabrous. 



These northern specimens, alone show that vars. mollis and pauciglandu- 

 losa run into each other. 



Out West, the variety becomes more stunted, but otherwise nearly normal. 

 Pine, short golden hairs sometimes extend lower than the tips of the 

 branches. Minore, Peak Hill, Coiidobolin Hill, Coolabah, Nymagec. 



3. Variety pauciglandulosa, F.v.M. 



I do not 'think that this is a strong variety. It runs into var. mollis too 

 much. Typical var. mollis has more spathulate leaflets than has var. pauci- 

 glandulosa, and the plant is more angular, and altogether more hairy, and 

 even sometimes scabrous. The fine leaflets are sometimes tipped with hairs. 



