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Moisture 12*0% 



Extractive matter 38*6% 



Soluble solids 35*4% 



Non-tannins 13*8% 



Tannins 21*6% 



The bark was analysed according to the current methods 

 adopted by the American Leather Chemists' Association — 

 vide Journal, Vol. xi, November 1916. (Sgd) W. Percy 

 Wilkinson, Commonwealth Analyst, 18th April, 1918. 



Seedlings — Because of the affinity of this species to A. 

 pycnantha, I appealed to Mr. R. H. Cambage, who is doing 

 sucli admirable work on Acacia seedlings, to compare them. 

 He favours me with the following reports (he has referred 

 to it at p. 149 of the present volume). 



1. " The seedlings of the Jerrabomberra Wattle" (Quean- 

 beyau) are now 6 or 8 inches high. . . Neither do they 

 appear to be A. pycnantha, though the phyllodes somewhat 

 resemble them. The internodes of A. pycnantha are 

 remarkably short, while those of this new (?) species are 

 definitely long." (18th October, 1918). 



2. "I regard Acacia pycnantha and the Jerrabomberra 

 Wattle as separate species. The internodes of the seedlings 

 of the Wattle (A. Westoni) are longer than those of A, 

 pycnantha, and although the gland is not a truly specific 

 character it is very helpful in this case, for while the latter 

 appears to have only one, and that near the base, the new 

 Wattle may have three glands along the upper margin of 

 the phyllode," (30th June, 1919). 



3. "In "Acacia Seedlings" Part vi (this Journal, Vol. 

 Liv, p. 149), I mention, when writing about glands on 

 seedling leaves, that glands may occur on the first or simply 

 pinnate leaf of A. Westoni, but I have not seen them on 

 the first leaves of A. pycnantha." (18th October, 1920). 



