128 DR. F. MUELLER ON AUSTRALIAN ACACIA. 
nitidulo-nigra lzvia non areolata sesquilineam longa strophiolo brevi 
crasso livido przdita. 
48. Acacia decora, Reichb. Icon. exot. t. 199. (Acacia Sentis, Ferd. 
Mueller.) 
In Australia centrali, Sturt. Ad flumen Victoriæ, N. 19. Secus rivos 
siccos етте Arnhemicæ, No. 17. “Plains of Promise" sinus Car- 
pentariæ, No. 20. In Australia orientali tropica. 
Ramuli inermes v. ætate spinis geminis præditi. Corolla glabra, circiter 
ad trientem divisa, laciniis angustis, tubo tenui calycem semisupe- 
rante. Calyx profunde quinquepartitus, laciniis spathulato-linearibus 
apice ciliatis. Legumina chartacea complanata, 1-13" longa, circiter 
1" lata, dilute fusca, reticulato-venosa, glabra, oligosperma, inter 
semina plus minus margine constricta, basi acuta, apice obtusa. 
Semina subglobosa splendentia e fulvo et spadiceo variegata sesqui- 
lineam longa, strophiolo brevi carnoso fulvescente predita. 
[The specimens now sent show still more the identity of this plant 
with the A. decora, Reichb.—G. B.] 
49. Acacia buxifolia, А. Cunn. in Field's New South Wales, p. 344. 
Pine Ridges on the Macquarie River, АЙ. Cunn. auctoritate illustr. 
Hooker. 
B. subvelutina, ramulis innovationibus rachibusque velutinis. Brac- 
teole rhombeo-cordatz fimbriolate minute. Calyx fimbriolatus ob- 
tuse dentatus petalis fere triplo brevior. Legumen nigrescens prui- 
nosum brevissime stipitatum coriaceum marginatum fere j" latum. 
Semina immatura fere rotunda nigra strophiolo livido przedita. 
In tergis montium subalpinorum ad flumen Freestone River. 
50. Acacia MicROCARPA (Ferd. Mueller, Second Gen. Rep. р. 7). 
Glabra, ramulis tenuibus acute angulatis, phyllodiis lineari- v. ovato- 
oblongis obliquis sessilibus uninerviis obscure venulosis obtusis re- 
curvo-apiculatis infra medium glanduligeris, stipulis minutis delto- 
ideis, leguminibus parvis tenui-chartaceis angustis pallidis arcuatis 
inter semina parum contractis lævibus, seminibus parvis turgide ovatis 
nitentibus nigro-fuscis pallide areolatis, strophiolo rotundo-ovato 
acuminato vix dimidium seminis zquante. 
Ad margines fruticetorum ad Tumbey Bay, C. Wilhelmi. Ad flumina 
Avoca et Murray. 
Frutex pauci- v. pluripedalis patentim ramosissimus. Phyllodia uncialia 
et breviora 11-3" lata. Flores omnino desunt. Legumina 1-13" 
longa, circiter l'" lata. Semina 1" paulo excedentia. Strophiotum 
sordide fuscescens. 
Species fructus minutie valde singularis ex icone Hook. Icon. t. 164, cum 
A. buxifolia neutiquam jungenda. 
[Of this I have now no specimen, the fragment I formerly saw having 
been returned to Mr. Sonder.—G. B.] 
