48 WATTLES AND WATTLE-BARKS. 



. Acacia pendula, var. gldbrata. 



A YAEKAN." 



Bark from this variety, obtained from near Hay, N.S/W., yielded the 

 author 715 per cent, of tannic acid, and 17*91 per cent, of extract. (Proc. 

 R.S., N.S.W., 1887, p. 89.) 



A moderately deeply-fissured bark from rather an old tree, containing 

 abundance of poor fibre. A dry-country wattle, and apparently of no 

 promise. 



26. Acacia Osivaldi, P. v. M., B.FL, ii, 384. 



" MILJEE." " KAKAOATTA." Often called " Umbrella bush," as it is a capital shade 



tree. 



The bark from an oldish tree has been examined by the author, with the 

 following result : Tannic acid, 9*72 per cent. ; extract, 20*7 per cent. This 

 much resembled the sample of AJiomalophylla bark. (Proc. U.S., N.S.W., 



1887, p. 189.) 



In all the colonies except Tasmania ; an inland desert species. 



27. Acacia stenophylla, A. Cunn., B.EL, ii, 385. 



A sample of bark from this wattle, obtained from Tantara, Milparinka, 

 N.S.W., gave the author (Proc. R.S., N.S.W., 1888, p. 270) 9*49 per cent. 

 of tannic acid, and 24*46 per cent, of extract. Height of tree, 15 to 20 feet 

 diameter, 6 to 12 inches ; collected, November, 1887 ; analysed, September, 



1888. A rugged-looking, coarsely-fissured bark, possessing the character- 

 istic appearance of those of the dry-country wattles. Average thickness, 

 I inch. 



A dry-country species ; found in all the colonies except Tasmania. 



28. Acacia melanoxylon, H. Br., B.FL, ii, 388. 



The " BLACKWOOD," but also known as " Light wood " and occasionally as " Black 

 Sally," " Hickory," " Silver Wattle." 



The bark of this highly valuable timber has usually gone to waste after 

 the wood has been obtained from the logs. " The bark is, however, rich in 

 tannic acid, and ought not to be left unutilised, though no trees of this 

 species should be sacrificed for the sake of their bark alone." (Mueller.) 

 A sample of bark from Monga, near Braidwood, N.S.W., yielded the author 

 11/12 per cent, of tannic acid, and 20*'63 per cent, of extract. (Proc. R.S., 

 N.S.W., 1887, p. 31). It was apparently from an old tree, of a dirty brown 



