144 DB. r. MUELLER ON AUSTRALIAN ACACIiE. 



102. Acacia retinervis {Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. i. p. 379. — 

 Acacia tumida, F. MuelL MSS.). Arborescens, glabra, rainulis tere- 

 tiusculis, phyllodiis breviter petiolatis oblongo-falcatis basi acutis 

 prominenter plurinerviis creberrime parallelo-venosis glaucescentibus 

 glanduloso-apiculatis, glandula basali parva v. indistincta, spicis 

 axillaribus solitariis geminis ternisve raro subpaniculatis tenuiter 

 cylindraceis phyllodio multo brevioribus, pedunculo perbrevi pubes- 

 cente, calyce profunde partito velutino corolla dimidio breviore, 

 leguminibus subcylindraceis torulosis coriaceis arcuatis v. leniter 

 curvatis fuscescentibus intus subcontinuis, seminibus nigrescentibus 

 lucentibus ovatis leniter compressis utrinque conspicue areolatis stro- 

 pbiolo fulvido plicato pluries longioribus. 



In locis rupestribus ad flumen Victorise, ad promontorium Point Pearce, 



No. 100. Ad rivum Sturt's Creek, No. 99. 

 Phyllodia 3-5" longa, 8-12'" lata. Spic(B circiter unciales laete lutese. 



Flores parvi. Legumina breviter stipitata, 1^-2^" longa, circiter 3"' 



lata, intus septis membranaceis imperfectis oblique percursa. Semina 



circiter 2'" longa, areola fuscescente. 

 A. Cunninghami et quoad legumina A. acradenice affinis. 



[The anastomosing of the smaller veins can scarcely be seen without 

 the help of a glass ; and it is not so frequent in the broad-leaved as in 

 the narrow-leaved specimens. — G. B.] 



103. Acacia stipuligera, n. sp. Pubescens, ramulis teretibus, 

 phyllodiis breviusculis oblique lanceolatis leviter curvatis sessilibus 

 cuspidato-apiculatis prominenter bi- v. trinerviis creberrime anasto- 

 mosanti-venosis supra basin glanduligeris, stipuUs scariosis deltoideis 

 persistentibus, spicis axillaribus geminis breviter pedunculatis dense 

 cylindraceis, bracteolis lanceolatis unguiculatis acuminatis 



Sandstone table-land with scrub at the head of the Victoria River, of 



Hooker's Creek, and Sturt's Creek. 

 Fruiex 5-8'. Phyllodia 1-H" longa, 3-8'" lata, tenuiter venosa. 



Stipulce fuscse circiter 1' ' metientes. Pedunculi albo-velutini. Nee 



flores evolutos nee fructus vidi. 

 Species probabiliter cum^. retinervi concatenata. 



[Appears to be a distinct species ; but the specimen is very imper- 

 fect.— G. B.] 



§ 11. DwiidiatcB. 



104. Acacia latescens, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. i. p. 380. 

 y. grandifolia (var. duhia) glabra phyllodiis chartaceis majoribus. 



In collibus inter flumina Dawson et Burnett, No. 35. 



Sepala cohaerentia cuneato-linearia corollse dimidium aequantia. 



[The phyllodia are rather broader than in Cunningham's specimens, 

 with more nerves ; but they do not otherwise differ. — G. B.] 



