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."