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1. Acacia brachybotyra, Beniham . 
Not uncommon in the Mallee country. A tall, handsome 
shrub. 
2. Acacia calamifolia, Sweet. 
Not infrequent in the Mallee country. A tall shrub. 
3. Acacia Dallachiana, F. v. Mueller. 
In the Buffalo Ranges. A tree 20 to 30 feet high. 
4. Acacia decurrens, Willdenow. 
COMMON WATTLE. 
This, including its variety A. mollissima , is known also under 
the names of Black Wattle and Feathery Wattle, but must not be 
confounded practically with the Silver Wattle noted next in 
order, though but doubtfully a distinct species. 
Frequent throughout the colony, except the desert tract; 
particularly on ridges, forming often underwood in Eucalyptus 
forests. A small or middle-sized tree. 
Wood light and tough, extensively used by coopers for staves. 
Specific gravity, 0*727 and 0 773 ; weight, 45-48 lbs. per cubic 
foot of dry wood ; it yielded of charcoal 26T25 per cent.; of 
crude wood vinegar, 44*750 per cent., and of tar 7*125 per cent. 
Wattle bark is obtainable in vast abundance, and is much used 
by the tanner. The trees are stripped in September and the two 
or three months following, and the bark, being allowed to dry, is 
then in a marketable condition. Wattle gum is rather copiously 
available during the summer season. This tree, which grows on 
the uplands, affords a larger percentage of tannin than the Silvr-r 
Wattle, whose habitat is on the banks of creeks and rivers. 
(Baron F. von Mueller, Osborne, Hoffmann.) 
5. Acacia dealbata, Link 
SILVER WATTLE. 
Common on river banks and in valleys, flowering earlier than 
A. decurrens var, mollissima , and requiring much less time for 
maturing its pods. 
The timber and other products of the tree are very similar 
to those of the last-named species, though the percentage of 
tannin is considerably lower in the bark, which, moreover, is of 
less thickness. 
In forest-streams this tree attains a height of about 150 feet. 
