Acacia calamifolia
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Acacia calamifolia, Sweet. Broom Wattle. A tall shrub or small tree with slender erect branches: phyll. narrow-linear to subulate, with oblique point at apex and narrowed to base, 1 1/2-2 1/4 in. long, 1/16in. wide, 1-nerved; gland near base (obscure in dried specimens): racemes short, of 3 or 4 heads, or reduced to a single one; fls. 20 to a head, 5-merous; sepals half as long as petals; peduncles 1/4in. long: pods a rich brown, slightly contracted between the seeds, l 1/4-3 in. long, 3/16in. wide; funicle red, almost encircling the seed in a double fold, ending in a silvery club-shaped aril; ripe Aug. Fls. Feb. to Apr.—An attractive ornamental at all times but especially so when in full bloom. An excellent tan-bark species, analysis showing as much as 20.63 per cent of tannin. CH
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