WATTLES AND WATTLE-BARES. 31 



They are listed in botanical order, since this has the ad vantage of bringing 

 closely-related wattles together. There is a full index and also tables at the 

 end to facilitate reference. It will become evident to the reader who 

 bestows a moment's reflection on the subject that it is impossible for me to 

 arrange these wattles under their local names, for the reason that some have 

 several names, while the same name, also, is occasionally held by several' 

 As this little book is primarily intended for non-botanists, I regret I have no 

 alternative but to give what appears to be most prominence to the botanical 

 names. 



I shall be glad at all times to receive twigs of wattles in flower, or showing 

 pods, and will supply the botanical names if desired. 



SPECIFIC DETAILS OP EACH BAEK. 

 1. Acacia colletioides, A. Cunn., B.E1.,* ii, 325. 



" WAIT-A- WHILE" (a delicate allusion to the predicament of a traveUer desirous of 



penetrating a belt of it). 



Some bark from a very old shrub was examined by the author, and yielded 

 4'4 per cent, of tannic acidf and 10*56 per cent, of extract, (froc. R.8., 

 N.S.W., 1887, p. 87.) It consisted of little more than fibre. This is a dry 

 country w r attle, and the most favourable specimen of it is not likely to be of 

 use to the tanner, since apart from its small percentage of tannic acid it is 

 but a shrub. 



New South "Wales, Victoria, South and Western Australia. In the two 

 first colonies, at any rate, it is not found in the coast districts. 



2. Acacia siculiformis, A. Cunn., B.FL, ii, 329. 



A tallish shrub merely. The bark not to be distinguished from that of 

 A. pravissima (page 46). I analysed (April, 1890), a sample of bark from 

 Jindabyne, Snowy Eiver, N.S.W., collected January, 1890 ; height, 6 to 10 

 feet ; diameter, 1 to 4 inches ; grown on granite soil. It contains 7'87 per 

 cent, of tannic acid, and yields 31*85 per cent, of extract. 



Pound in the mountains and high table-lands of New South "Wales 

 (southern), Victoria, and Tasmania. 



* B.F1. signifies "Bentham's Flora Australiecsis," and the references given are of the 

 places at which botanical descriptions of the various wattles may be obtained. 



f Important memorandum. The analyses given are all calculated on the bark dried at 

 100 C., the only way in which uniform results can be presented. 



