inervata</i>, De C., of Illawarra and South.
<i>A. decurrens</i>, Willd., older colonists of New South
Wales.
<i>A. cunninghamii</i>, Hook.
<i>A. nervifolia</i>, Cunn.

Broad-leaved W.--
<i>A. pycnantha</i>, Benth.

Broom W.--
<i>A. calamifolia</i>, Sweet.

Feathery W.--
<i>A. decurrens</i>, Willd.

Golden W. (q.v.)--
<i>A. pycnantha</i>, Benth.; in Victoria, South Australia,
and Tasmania. It is also called <i>Green Wattle</i>, and also,
for the sake of distinction between some other tan-bark wattles,
the <i>Broad-leaved Wattle</i>.
<i>A. longifolia</i>, Willd.; in New South Wales and
Queensland.

Green W.--
<i>A. decurrens</i>, Willd., older colonists New South Wales.
<i>A. pycnantha</i>, Benth.
<i>A. discolor</i>, Willd.; so called in Tasmania, and called
also there <i>River Wattle</i>.

Hickory W.--
<i>A. aulacocarpa</i>, Cunn.

Prickly W.--
<i>A. sentis</i>, F. v. M.
<i>A. juniperina</i>, Willd.

Silver W.--
<i>A. dealbata</i>, Link. <i>Silver Wattle</i>,
owing to the whiteness of the trunk, and the silvery
or ashy hue of its young foliage.
<i>A. decurrens</i>, Willd.
<i>A. melanoxylon</i>, R. Br. (Blackwood).
<i>A. podalyriafolia</i>, Cunn.; called <i>Silver Wattle</i>,
as it has foliage of a more or less grey, mealy, or silvery
appearance.

Weeping W.--
<i>A. saligna</i>, Wendl.

1827. P. Cunningham, `Two Years in New South Wales,' vol. i.
p. 201:

"The acacias are the common wattles of this country, their bark
affording excellent tan, as well as an extract to export to
England; while from their trunks and branches clear
transparent beads of the purest Arabian gum are seen suspended
in the dry spring weather, which our young currency bantlings
eagerly search after and regale themselves with."

1827. Vigors and Horsfield, `Transactions of Linnaean
Society,' vol. xv. p. 328:

"One of my specimens . . . I shot in a green wattle-tree close
to Government House."

1832. J. Bischoff, `Van Diemen's Land,' c. ii. p. 23:

"The black and silver Wattle (the <i>Mimosa</i>), are trees
used in housework and furniture."

1834. Ross, `Van Diemen's Land Annual,' p. 134:

"<i>Leptospermum lanigerum</i>, hoary tea-tree, <i>Acacia
decurrens</i>, and black wattle; <i>Corraea alba</i>, Cape
Barren tea. The leaves of these have been used as substitutes
for tea in the colonies."

1846. J. L. Stokes, `Discoveries in Australia,' vol. ii.
c. iv. p. 132:

"Black wattle . .