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varieties ; but not so much lower as to cause its rejection as a wattle-bark 
without discrimination. I have already alluded to the subject under A. 
dealbata, but consider the matter of sufficient importance to repeat that 
A. dealbata is only rejected when the better barks A. mollissima or A. 
decurrens are readily available; for reference to the detailed accounts of 
several other barks shows that barks even inferior in quality to that of 
A. dealbata are in daily use by country tanners. 
(1) 
(2) 
(3) 
A. DECURRENS. 
A. MOLLISSIMA. 
A. DEALBATA. 
Vic., 3ST.S.W., Q. 
S.A., T., Vic., N.S.W., Q. 
Vic., N.S.W., Q,. 
Foliage, &c. :— 
Pinnules conspicuously longer 
Branchlets from deeurrcnce 
“At first yellowish.” — F.v. M. 
“At first whitish.”—F. v. M. 
“ Leaves and branches 
bluish.” — Spicer. 
of leaf-stalks more angular 
than (2) or (3). 
Branches almost glabrous ... 
“ Branches with yellow 
down.” — Spicer. 
The tips of the twigs are 
sometimes also yellow¬ 
ish.—J.II.M. 
Order and Time of Flower¬ 
ing : — 
Second. 
Third. 
“ Late in Spring or beginning 
of Summer.” — F. v. M. 
First. 
“ Early in Spring.” — F. v. M. 
Flowers :— 
Although I know the flowers 
of A. decurrens very 
well, I should he sorry 
to dogmatise as to the tint 
of yellow. — J.II.M. 
“Usually pale yellow.” — 
F. v. M. 
“Usually bright yellow.” — 
F. v. M. 
Pods :— 
Father narrow; much con¬ 
stricted between the seeds ; 
strongly compressed. 
Rather narrow ; constricted 
between the seeds. 
Rather broadisli ; hardly con¬ 
stricted bet ween the seeds. 
Seeds: — 
Shorter than (3) ; arillar 
appendage shorter. 
“ Ripens seeds in 14 monthe.” 
— F. y. M. 
Arillar appendage pale; much- 
attenuated. 
“ Ripens seeds in 5 months.” — 
F. v. M. 
Bauk: — 
“ Not quite so powerful as 
(2).”—Mueller. (As re¬ 
gards tannic acid). 
Not a pin to choose between 
(1) and (2) as regards the 
bark.—J.II.M. 
“Much thinner hark, and 
greatly inferior to (1) and 
(2).”—Mueller. 
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