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Bark. —The bark of this variety is used by the local tanners, and is spoken 
of fairly well as regards percentage of tannin, but is not much liked on account of 
its being considered too hard and fibrous, and therefore difficult to break up in the 
mill. 
It is a common belief amongst tanners (and at present I am not prepared to 
say what basis of truth it has), that barks much subjected to frost and snow arc 
much richer in tannin than those not so subjected. The present sample is from a 
tree grown in a very cold district. It was collected October, 1888, at Monga, from 
trees 20 to 25 feet high, and 6 to 18 inches in diameter, growing on granite soil. 
Thickness of bark about ^ inch. A smoothisli bark of a light colour, but forming 
a rather fibrous powder. It was analysed April, 1890, and found to contain 26‘4 per 
cent, of tannic acid, and 45‘25 per cent, of extract. 
This variety would appear to attain exceptional dimensions at Yalwal, not 
far from Nowra, as I have been informed that trees in that locality have been 
stripped of the following diameters, viz., 9, 12, 18, and 36 inches. The last 
diameter is certainly extraordinary, and I have not heard of authentic measurements 
of any variety of Acacia clecurrens giving over 24 to 30 inches, and then only in 
exceptionally favourable localities ; but my information appears to be quite reliable, 
and I have heard from another source of the immense size of the trees in this 
locality. The bark is not less than 1 inch thick, and must have come from a huge 
wattle. It is scaly on the outside, and reminds one of mountain hickory bark 
{A. penninervis). It was stripped in March and analysed the same month, with the 
result of 29'25 per cent, of tannic acid, and 46'75 per cent, of extract. A second 
specimen from a tree 18 inches in diameter gave 257 5 per cent, of tannic acid, and 
40'8 per cent, of extract. A third specimen from a tree 9 inches in diameter gave 
26 per cent, of tannic acid, and 44’05 per cent, of extract. 
A poor, thin, too-early stripped specimen (near the type) from Tewantin, 
Queensland, stripped in July and analysed in September, gave 22'1 per cent, of 
tannic acid, and 41 6 per cent, of extract. 
Habitat, —This form is best developed in South Queensland. 
Queensland. 
Between Archer’s Station and Biron, and towards the Bunya (Leichhardt) 
are localities given by Bentham. It also occurs at Maroochie. 
New South Wales. 
Mogo, Moruya, Nelligcn, Bateman’s Bay. Found also in the Monaro and 
Braid wood districts, and in the Jingcra Mountains. 
The range of this variety should be further inquired into. 
