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A very promising-looking bark obtained from the same locality in February, 
and analysed the same month, gave 19'75 per cent, of tannic acid and 46 95 per 
cent, of extract. It is fairly thick, pale in colour, has little fibre, and its low 
percentage of tannic acid is certainly disappointing. I doubt whether a finer sample 
of this bark is obtainable ; if this surmise is correct, the value of this bark is fixed 
at under 20 per cent, of tannic acid. 
Timber. —Tough and pale-coloured, used for axe-handles in the Gosford 
district according to Mr. Andrew Murphy. 
Size. —This Wattle is really one of the largest of Australian species, accord¬ 
ing to a measurement (76 feet) given to me by Mr. Andrew Murphy of a tree felled 
by him at Narara, near Gosford. 
Habitat. —Bentliam (B.Fl. ii, 371) refers this species to New South Wales 
(“Blue Mountains, Caley, A. Cunningham, and others”), and also doubtfully to 
South Australia. 
Mueller (“Second Census”) refers A. linifolia, Willd. (which included, 
according to his view, A- prominens as a variety), to Victoria, New South Wales, 
and Queensland. 
The properly authenticated range of A. prominens is County of Cumberland, 
north of the County of Camden, and nearly to Newcastle on the north, i.e., to New 
South Wales only. 
In my “ Wattles and Wattle-barks,” 3rd edn., p. 80, I have the following 
note :— 
A specimen from trees 15 to 20 feet high, and having a diameter of from 4 to 8 inches, was 
collected in February, 1890, at Krackenback Mountain, Jindabyne, N.S.W., and analysed January, 1891. 
It was found to contain 11 per cent, tannic acid and 29-75 per cent, extract. This bark is deceptive in 
appearance, being smooth, breaking short, with little fibre, and altogether a fair-looking bark. 
On the Snowy Mountains it occurs at elevations from 4,000 to 5,000 feet. It is an eastern form 
found principally in the coast districts. 
These Snowy Mountains localities are several hundreds of miles from all other 
authenticated localities, which may be briefly described as Sydney and Newcastle 
districts. The Snowy Mountain specimens that I have seen are in immature bud 
only and are, therefore, doubtful, but they become interesting because perhaps 
similar specimens have caused A. prominens to be recorded for Victoria. 
Furthermore, A. prominens has been recorded from Queensland. Certainly 
A. fimhriata occurs there, as I have shown in Part XLII, but I am not aware that 
the true A. prominens occurs in the northern State, and the record should be struck 
out until it is confirmed. 
The record “ South Australia ? ” in the Flora Australiensis should also be 
struck out. In a word, I do not think we have evidence at present to look upon 
A. prominens as occurring in any State other than New South Wales. 
