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A specimen from Robertson, stripped in January, yielded 28 per cent, of 
tannic acid, and 49-75 per cent, of extract. This also gave a light-coloured liquor. 
It is £ inch thick without the scaly exterior. The hark is pale-coloured, and worthy 
of some attention, although it is inclined to be fibrous. 
Size. —It is a large tree for a wattle, but not the largest of the genus. 
As an example, a correspondent of mine obtained fifteen 4-bushel sacks of 
bark from one tree. I measured a tree at Milson Island, Hawkesbury River, 3 feet 
in diameter at 3 feet from the ground, and 1 ft. 10 in. at 10 feet from the ground. 
Its common size is, say, 20 or 30 feet high, with a stem diameter of, say, 
9 inches. 
FlUlgUS.—Mr. D. McAlpine states that the fungus Uromycladium notabile 
(Ludw.) McAlp. is found on this tree. 
Habitat, —Confined to New South Wales ; found on the Blue Mountains and 
its spurs as far as Mounts Wilson and Tomah (chiefly in gullies and along water¬ 
courses), and in mountainous country no great distance south of Sydney— e.g., West 
Bargo gullies, Picton, Mittagong, &c. 
Propagation. —From seed. It is, however, not as a tan, not as a timber, 
that I recommend this wattle to notice. It is one of the shapeliest and most beautiful 
of the whole of the tree-wattles. Its dense, umbrageous, beautifully-disposed dark 
pinnate foliage never fails to command admiration. It requires a fair amount of 
winter cold, moisture, fairly good soil, and moderate shelter for its full development. 
It should find a place in every garden of moderate size The great drawback of 
this and other wattles is, however, its liability to attacks by beetles and other wood¬ 
boring insects, and hence it cannot usually be depended on for more than five to ten 
years. It is a rapid grower, making surprising growth in a year or two. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 84. 
a. Flowering branch. 
b. Bud. 
c. Flower. 
d. Expanded flower, opened out, showing — 
(a) Calyx. 
( b ) Corolla. 
(c) Stamens. 
( d ) Pistil. 
e. Stamens. 
f. Pistil. 
G. Pod. 
h. Seed. 
(b-f greatly enlarged.) 
Sydney : William Applegate Gtillick. Government Punter. — PJ06» 
