468 ^^' J- ^' BAKER OIN" THE 



basi postice protluctis, floribus tetrarneris In capitula parva globosa pe- 

 dunculatis copiose paniculatis dispositis, calyce glabro tubo infiindibulari 

 dent.ibus parvis deltoideis, petalis oblongis, Icgtimine tenui curvato glabro 

 inerrai 6-8-spermo. 



A sbrub, with stout strongly angled branclilets, armed, like 

 tte leaf-rbacbides, with copious s^mall toothed prickles. Leaves 

 sometimes a foot long; pinnae 2-3 in. long; leaflets firm in 

 texture, obtuse, imbricated, -1— | in. long. Panicle a foot or more 

 long, the lower branches produced from the axils of large leaves ; 

 heads globose, 5 in. in diam^ Stamens yellow, much exserted. 

 Legume 3 in. long, ^ in. hro^d.— Baron 990 ! 209G ! 3410 ! 4700. 



Near M. latismnosa. 



Acacia xiphoclaba, n. sp. 



Arborea, ramosissima, glabra, raraulis angulatis, foliis propriis bipinnatis, 

 pinnis 5-6-jugis, foliolis multijugis parvis oblongis confertis, phyllodiis 

 rigidulis lanceolatis subsessilibus, floribus in capitula parva axillaria 

 globosa breviter pedunculatis aggregatis, calyce obconico vix dentate, 

 coroUae segmentis luteis oblougo-lauceolatis, stamiuibus breviter exsertis, 

 legumine ignoto. 



A much-branched tree, glabrous in all its parts. Proper 

 leaves apparently only produced when it is young, 3 in. long, 

 including the short petiole, with pinnae under an inch long, with 

 very numerous small crowded leaflets. Phyllodia rigidly coria- 

 ceous, flat, simple, 2-4 in. long, \-\ in. broad at the middle, ver- 

 tically ribbed, narrowed gradually to the base and apex. Heads 

 globose, \ in. in diam., produced in the axils of the phyllodes on 



short erecto-patent pedicels. Flowers 20-30 to a head. Calyx 

 l-in. long. Pod not ^e^n.— Baron 1695! 4384! Closely allied 

 to A. heterojfhylla, Willd., of Mauritius. 



Alpizzia tuichopetala, n. sp. 



Fruticosa, ramuhs pubeseentibus, petiolo medio glandulifero; pinnis 5-6- 

 jngis, foliolis 10-20-jugis parvis oblougo-rhomboideis confertis facie glabris 

 viridibus dorso albidis pilosis, floribus in capitula glabra axillaria pedun- 

 culatis aggregatis dispositis, pedicellis pilosis flori ^quilongis, calyce piloso 

 segmentis parvis deltoideis, coroUse pilosse dentibus ovatis, tubo staminali 

 petalis breviori, ovario lineari glabro. 



An erect shrub or tree, w^ith slender pilose branchlets. Pe- 

 tiole 1-1| in. long, with a single large gland at the middle ; 

 blade 3-4 in. long ; upper pinna) 2 in. long ; lower shorter, with 

 fewer leaflets ; leaflets 1 in. long. Heads 1^ in. in diam., produced 

 singly in the axils of the upper leaves on slender erecto-patent 



