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Victoria .—On river Murray between Echuca and SwanHill, “Native Willow ”; 
height, 20-50 feet; diameter, 1-3 feet; bark on lower part of stems rugged and 
persistent; branches pendulous. Has a very graceful appearance. No. 29 
(J Blackburne). 
South Australia .—“Broughton Willow.” A tree, grows near water, in good 
rich red soil. Flowers creamy white, the branches pendulous (W. Gill). 
Mt. Lyndhurst No. 42, “Willow-tree,” narrow-leaved form, 15-20 feet. 
“ Balkura ” of the aborigines, who eat the seed (Max Koch). 
Cootanoorinna, No. 66, Elder Exploring Expedition, 3rd May, 1891 
(K. Helms); Rocky River, on road from Wirrabara and near Caltowie (W. Gill and 
J.H.M.). 
Gladstone (in moist places) also along Rocky River, 7-14 feet a common 
size, but up to 33 feet. Lower branches drooping, flowers very light yellow. 
Flower and fruit very sparse (J. M. Black). 
(■ c ) Variety Way a), Maiden. 
In Proc. Royal Soc. S.A., xxxii, 277 (1908). 
A specially compact umbrageous shrub of 3-6 feet high, chiefly distinguished 
by its habit and its moniliform pods. A beautiful small variety for cultivation, with 
bright yellow flowers borne in great profusion. It is much admired in the Botanic 
Gardens, Sydney. 
Synonym. — A. ligulata, A. Cunn. This is given as a synonym of A. salicina 
in the Flora Australiensis, but no authenticated specimen of it appears to be in any 
Australian herbarium. I accordingly sent a specimen of var. Wayce to tlie Director 
of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, asking him to be so kind as to compare it with 
A. ligulata. 
Following is his reply :— 
“The Acacia sent for comparison is undoubtedly A. ligulata, A. Cunn., 
which may be distinguished from A. salicina, Lindl., by the narrower, oblong-linear 
phyllodia and the fruits, which are flat and much constricted between the seeds.” 
Following is the original description of A. ligulata. 
A. ligulata (Cunn. MSS.) glabra, vix viscidula, ramulis angulatis, phyllodiis oblongo-linearibus 
obtusis recur vo-mucronulatis basi angustatis margine raro glanduliferis uninerviis venis obscuris, pedunculis 
brevibus, legutnine crasso compresso sublignoso. Phyllodia breviora crassiora quam in A. dodonicefolia, 
l|-2 poll, longa. Flores non vidi. Legumen 2—3 pollicare, rectiusculum, 3 lin. latum.—Dirk Hartog’s 
Island, W. Coast, Cunningham, S. Coast, Fraser. Tn Bagster’s (Baxter’s) K. George’s Sound collection is 
an imperfect specimen which may be a long-leaved variety of this species. (Bentli. in Lond. Journ. Bot., 
i, 362, 1842). 
Var. Wayce is common on sand-cliffs, and in localities not very far from the 
sea in South Australia, where it has an extensive range, e.g., Port Elliston, Marion 
Bay, Coffin Bay, Port Lincoln, Southern Yorke Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, Port 
Noarlunga. 
