146 DR. F. MUELLEE ON AUSTRALIAN ACACIiE. 



Variat quoque phyllodiis duplo minoribus subvelutinis, leguminibus 



viscidulis cano-velutinis. 



[The variety jS connects the A, humifusa, Cunn., with this species as 

 a mere variety. — G. B.] 



109. Acacia latifolia, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. i. p. 382, 

 no. 204. 



In plagis elevatis petraeis prope originem fluvii Limmen Bight River 



terrse Amhemicae et ad sinum Carpentarise. 

 Frutex pauci- pluripedalis. Legumina compressa lato-linearia leviter 



curvata v. arcuata glabra marginata imperfecte venosa inter semina 



vix aut leniter contracta pleiosperma 1^-2^" longa, circiter 2^'" lata. 



Semina matura ignota. 

 Variat phyllodiis conspicue minoribus. 



Series II. Botrycephalce. 



110. Acacia polybotrya, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. i. p. 384, 

 no. 209. 



Burnett River. 



Variat paribus foliolorum usque ad xxv. 



111. Acacia decurrens, Willd. 

 Ad flumen Snowy River. 



Series III. Fulchellce. 



112. Acacia Mitchelli, Benth. 

 Glenelg iiiver. Portland Bay. 



113. Acacia basaltic a, n. sp. Fruticosa, inermis, ramulis teretius- 

 culis petiolis pedunculisque fusco-subvelutinis v. puberulis, stipuhs 

 imperfectis, pinnis 1-3-jugis, glandulis jugalibus minutis rotundis 

 sessilibus, petiolari nullo, foliolis 5-10-jugis oblongo-ovatis puberuHs 

 obtusis muticis uninerviis subtus pallidioribus, pedunculis axillaribus 

 solitariis monocephalis folio brevioribus v. suba^quilongis, capitulo 

 globoso, calyce breviter dentato corollaque parce puberulis, hac iUum 

 dimidio excedente ad trientem divisa, legumine angusto-oblongo ve- 

 noso breviter stipitato compresso puberulo margine parura flexuoso. 



In virgultis planitierum basalticarura Peak Downs, No. 42. 



Epidermis ramorum membranacea secedens. Foliola 1^-3'" longa. 



Pedunculi crassiusculi subangulati, saepius supra medium bractea mi- 



nuta prsediti. Legumen fuscum circiter 3" longum, ^" latum veno- 



sum. Semina matura desunt. 



[A very distinct species, which may be placed next to A. nigricans 

 and A. Mitchelli.— G.B'] 



