Tas. 4353. 
ACACIA ONCINOPHYLLA. 
FHlook-leaved Acacia. 
Nat. Ord. Le@uminos®.——-PoLYGAMIA POLYANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide Supra, Tan. 4306.) 
AcActa oncinophylla; glabra y. resinoso-puberula, ramulis angulatis, phyllodiis 
elongato-linearibus subulatis planis subrecurvo-mucronatis rigidis crassius- 
culis striato-trinerviis basi angustatis, glandula prope basin obscura, spicis 
subgeminis breviter pedunculatis cylindricis densis, sepalis liberis spathu- 
latis. Benth. ‘ 
Acacia oncinophylla. Lindl. Swan Riv. Bot. p.15. Benth. on Mim. in Hook. 
Lond. Journ. Bot. v. 1. p. 370. 
A very graceful Swan River species of Acacia, flowering in 
the early spring months, and scenting the atmosphere with its 
agreeable fragrance. The blossoms, in rich yellow spikes, show 
more numerous upon the branches than are even the leaves, or 
rather phyllodia. ‘The seeds were sent to us by Mr. Drummond. 
Drscr. Shrub, with us attaining a height of seven feet, every- 
where glabrous or nearly so: branches, especially the younger 
ones, yellow-green, striated. Phyllodia scattered, sparse, linear- 
falcate, submucronato-acuminate, pungent, tapering at the base 
and at the upper edge, below furnished with an oblong — 
gland. Stipules minute, subulate, deciduous. Spikes axil-_ 
lary, sessile, geminate, cylindrical, obtuse, shorter than the 
leaves, of a deep orange-yellow colour, densely clothed with © 
flowers. Bracteas small, rotundato-ovate, hairy on the back in- 
the upper half. Calyex five-fid, the lobes rounded, spreading, 
obtuse. Corolla none. Stamens very numerous, thrice as long 
as the calyx. 
Fig. 1. Portion of a branch, with stipules and the base of a leaf, to show the — 
gland :—magnified. ae 
FEBRUARY Ist, 1848. 
