34 WATTLES AND WATTLE- BARKS. 



7. Acacia verniciflua, A. Cunn., B.EL, ii, 358. 



This small tree (height, 20 to 25 feet, with a diameter 2 to 5 inches), 

 exudes a sticky substance from the leaves, hence the specific name. The 

 appearance of the bark reminds one irresistibly of Cascarilla. It is full of 

 fibre, and of no use to the tanner. A specimen collected in April, 1889, on 

 the Delegate Eiver, N.S.W., in granite country, was analysed by me the 

 following April, and found to yield only 3'16 per cent, of tannic acid, and 

 22 '35 per cent, of extract. 



Found in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania, 

 chiefly on mountains and high table-lands. In the south-east in such situ- 

 ations it does not extend further north than the Bombala District ; out west 

 it was found both by Cunningham and by Mitchell. 



8: Acacia sentis, F.v.M., B.FL, ii, 360. 



A "THORNY WATTLE." 



A specimen of a dirty-grey scaly bark f of an inch thick, from Ivanlioe, 

 N.S.W., yielded me 18'02 per cent, of extract, and tannic acid 6'32 per cent. 

 (Proc. E.S., N.S.W., 18S7 ; p. 29.) 



A second sample from Cobharn Lake, Milparinka, N.S.W., was analysed 

 by me August, 1888. (Proc. S.S., JV.S. W., 1888, 268.) Tree, height 15 to 20 

 feet, diameter 4 to 6 inches, collected, August, 1887. It yielded : tannic 

 acid 10'26 percent., extract 33'82 per cent. This bark would scarcely be taken 

 for the product of a dry-country wattle. It is from a younger tree to that 

 already described, and is almost perfectly smooth and of a light-brown colour. 

 The collector reports, " When fresh it is of a beautiful bright-green colour, 

 much like the bark of A. decurrens. I have found it easier to strip than any 

 other bark I have stripped yet out west." It is very compact. Average 

 thickness, inch. 



An inland, desert species. In all the colonies except Tasmania. 



9. Acacia falcata, Willd., B.EL, ii, 301. 



Called "BASTARD MYALL," in the Braid wood District, KS.W. It also goes 

 by the names of ''Hickory," "Sally," and " Lignum- vitse." It was formerly the 

 " Wee-tjellan" the aboriginals of Cumberland and Cainden, N.S. W. (Macarthur. ) 



It is said to yield a good tanning bark, but it is usually of rather small 

 size, and not likely to be of importance to the tanner. 



On the coast districts, and on to the dividing range, in New South Wales 

 and Queensland ; its farthest southern locality is the Shoalharen Eiver. 



