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No. 82. 
J^CQCIG elatG, A. Cunn. 
The Cedar Wattle. 
(Natural Order LEGUMINOS^E: MIMOSA.) 
Botanical description. —Genus, Acacia. (See Part XV, p. 103.) 
Botanical description. —Species, A. data, A. Cunn. 
A handsome tree of 60 feet or more, the young shoots often tinged with a 
golden-yellow pubescence. 
Pinnce. —In 2 to 4 distant pairs, 6 to 3 inches long ; leaflets 8 to 12 pairs, lanceolate, acutely 
acuminate, 1 to 2 inches long, minutely silky ; gland wart-like on the petiole, and often 
small ones at the last pairs of leaflets. 
Flower-heads. —Globular, in racemes often 6 inches long, the upper ones forming a large terminal 
panicle, often silky with a golden pubescence. 
Flowers. —Numerous, mostly 5-merous. 
Calyx. —Fully half as long as the corolla, obtusely toothed. 
Petals. —Smooth, united to the middle. 
Pod. —4 to 6 inches long, about | inch broad. 
Seeds. —Nearly lenticular.—(B.F1. ii, p. 413). 
Allan Cunningham’s original description of the species is given herewith for 
convenience of reference. 
205. A. elata (Cunn. MS. non Grah.), petiolis paniculisque junioribus aureo-pubescentibus, foliis 
amplis, pinnis distantibus 2-4-jugis, glandula petiolari verrucseformi jugalibus subnullis, foliolis 8-12- 
jugis lanceolatis, acute acuminatis utrinque tenuiter sericeis, capitulis breviter pedunculatis, racemis in 
paniculam amplam subaphyllam dispositis, floribus aureo-pubescentibus, calyce corolla dimidio breviore.— 
Folia fere sesquipedalia, foliolis sesquipollicaribus.—Shaded ravines, interior of N. S. Wales, Cunningham. 
(Bentham, in London Journal of Botany , I, 383, 1842.) 
Botanical Name. — Acacia, see Part XV, p. 104 ; data, Latin, exalted, tall. 
This is amongst the tallest of our wattles. 
Vernacular Names. —“ Cedar,” or “ White Cedar Wattle ” of the Picton 
district. “ Cedar Creeks ” are named after it. I am informed that this species is 
known as “ Black Wattle ” in the Kurrajong district. Sometimes it is called 
“ Pepper-tree Wattle.” It looks a good deal like the frequently-cultivated Pepper- 
tree (Schmus molle) as regards its foliage and habit. 
The name Cedar Wattle has got a great hold, and the name may be recog¬ 
nised. It hardly reminds me of a Cedar, but in the old days any tree with 
umbrageous, pinnate foliage was a “ cedar ” of some sort amongst the timber-getters. 
Comparing it with the figure of the Cedar (Part III of this work), it will be at 
once seen that the leaflets of the Cedar Wattle are much narrower. 
