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Vernacular Names.—I propose the name “ Prominent Glanded Wattle,” 
in spite of myself, for I have only heard it called “ Sally,” because of its drooping 
habit, and “ Silver Wattle ” because of its glaucous foliage, names which have been 
applied to scores of Wattles with equal appropriateness or the reverse. 
Aboriginal Name.—I know of none. 
Synonyms. —This is a species which has given rise to a surprising amount 
of confusion. It has been more or less confused with at least three species. 
(1.) Acacia lunata, F.v.M. non Sieb., “ P. Mueller refers it ( A. prominens ) to 
A. lunata, describing the pod very accurately; but that is not the fruit of the true 
A. lunata, which has always the seed lying close to the upper suture, not in the 
centre of the pod.” (Bentham in B.Fl. ii, 371.) Mueller referred some indubitable 
specimens of A. prominens (A. Cunn.) to A. lunata (Sieb.), and Bentham followed 
him. These have caused great confusion in herbaria. In Part XLIV I shall figure 
A. lunata, Sieb., and, I trust, clear up all difficulty in this particular matter. 
In Mueller’s f ‘ Key to the System of Victorian Plants,” i (1887-1888) and 
ii (1885), A. prominens will be found synonymised under A. lunata. 
(2.) Acacia jimbriata, A. Cunn. (see B.Fl. ii, 371), has also been confused 
with A. prominens as a synonym. I trust that the figures and descriptions of 
A. jimbriata in Part XLII of this work will render confusion impossible in the 
future. 
(3.) A. linifolia, Willd., var. prominens, P.v.M. Herb. In Mueller’s “ Second 
Census ” (1889) it does not appear, but it was included by Mueller under A. linifolia, 
Willd., as a variety ( e.g., 'prominens'). Bentham also contributed to this view by 
saying {B.Fl. ii, 371): “ This species ( prominens ) may prove to be a broad-leaved 
variety of linifolia. ” And, again, under A. linifolia, he speaks of “ The broad-leaved 
forms of this species, with the margins less ciliated (really A. fimbriata, A. Cunn., as 
I have shown in Part XLII of this work.—J.H.M.), or not perceptibly so, connect 
it with the following, A. prominens .” 
I trust that the illustrations and notes concerning A. linifolia, Willd., given 
in Part XLII, will render confusion with A. linifolia impossible in the future. 
Leaves. —Note the prominent glands on the phyllodia. 
Bark. —This is called “ Grey ” and “ Black Wattle ” near Sydney, “ Silver 
Wattle ” and “ Sally ” near Gosford, but dealers will not have it, and it hardly pays 
to cut up and pass with better bark. A sample of a black bark, stained, leopard¬ 
like, with wliity-green patches, and bearing lichens, yielded the writer 1S 03 per 
cent, of tannic acid and 4235 per cent, of extract. It was from Penrith, N.S.W. 
A sample from Penshurst, Illawarra line, near Sydney, gave the author 
( Proc. B.S. N.S.TF., 1888, p. 269) 39 93 per cent, of extract and 14 42 of tannic 
acid. Height of tree, 10 to 15 feet; diameter, 1\ to 2 inches; collected September, 
1887 ; analysed August, 1888. A light-coloured bark, very thin, of the thickness 
of stout brown paper, and reminding one strongly of that of A. longifolia. 
