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LOCALITIES. 



New South Wales. Apparently confined to this Colony, and restricted to 

 the neighbourhood of Sydney, i.e., a few miles to the north, and less than 

 100 miles to the south. 



A coast variety, chiefly about Port Jackson (B.) 3 Campbelltown, Berrima 

 district, Picton, and Bargo Brush. 



A not very good specimen from Campbelltown, stripped in August, 

 yielded 3T5 per cent, of tannic acid, and 57'35 per cent, of extract. 



A specimen from Eyde, near Sydney, yielded 32 '33 per cent, of tannic 

 acid, and 4874 per cent, of extract. (Proc. .8., N.S.W., 1887, p. 93.) 



44. (#.) Acacia decurrens (mollis variety, often known as 

 Acacia mollissima). Acacia decurrens, var. mollis (B), 

 (2). A. mollissima (I), (8). 



LOCAL NAMES. 



Sometimes called " Black "Wattle " in New South Wales, and commonly 

 so called in Victoria and Tasmania, but usually called " Green Wattle " in 

 New South Wales, and occasionally " Silver Wattle." Formerly called 

 " Wat-tah" by the aboriginals of the counties of Cumberland and Camden, 

 New South Wales (Macarthur) ; "Garrong" of some aboriginals of Victoria, 

 and " "Warraworup " by those at the aboriginal station, Coranderrk, Victoria. 



LOCALITIES. 



The only form in Tasmania, and the most common one in Victoria ; less 

 frequent in the northern districts of New South Wales. (B.) 



New South Wales. Barber's Creek, Sydney, Marulan, Wagga, Araluen, 

 Eden, Gosford, Greta (near Newcastle), Wallsend, Booral, Port Stephens. 



See also localities of barks analysed. 



[Widely distributed throughout the Colony, but stunted in the dry country.] 



Queensland. Inland, extra tropical Queensland. (2.) 



Victoria. "Widely distributed. 



Tasmania. "Widely distributed. 



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

 Desert and the Tatiara, Mount Gambier District. (3.) 



