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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 frequent 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, 0727 and 0773 ; weight, 45-48 lbs. per cubic 
foot of dry wood; it yielded of charcoal 26’i25 per cent.; of crude 
wood vinegar, 44750 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 Silver 
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. 
On the banks of forest streams this tree attains a height of 
about 150 feet. 
6. Acacia discolor, Willdenow. 
Occurs on heath grounds on the lowlands, as well as on the 
mountains of Gippsland. A small tree only. 
