128 DR. r. MUELLEB ON AUSTRALIAN ACACIA. 



nitidulo-nigra laevia non areolata sesquilineam longa stropliiolo brevi 

 crasso livido praedita. 



48. Acacia decora, Reichb. Icon. exot. t. 199. (Acacia Sentis, Ferd. 

 Mueller.) 



In Australia centrali, Sturt. Ad flumen Victoria?, iV. 19. Secus rivos 

 siccos terrae Arnhemica>, No, 1 7- " Plains of Promise " sinus Car- 

 pentariae. No. 20, In Australia orientali tropica. 



Ramuli inermes v. aetata spinis geminis praediti. Corolla glabra, circiter 

 ad trientem divisa, laciniis angustis, tubo tenui calycem semisupe- 

 rante. Calyx profunde quinquepartitus, laciniis spathulato-linearibus 

 apice ciliatis. Legumina chartacea complanata, 1-1^" longa, circiter 

 y" lata, dilute fusca, reticulato-venosa, glabra, oligosperma, inter 

 semina plus minus margine constricta. basi acuta, apice obtusa. 

 Semina suhglohosa splendentia e fulvo et spadiceo variegata sesqui- 

 lineam longa, strophiolo brevi carnoso fulvescente praedita. 

 [The specimens now sent show still more the identity of this plant 



with the A. decora, Reichb. — G. B.] 



49. Acacia buxifolia, A. Cunn. in Field's New South Wales, p. 344. 

 Pine Ridges on the Macquarie River, All. Cunn. auctoritate illustr. 



Hooker. 



/3. subvelutina, ramulis innovationibus rachibusque velutinis. Brac- 

 teolce rhombeo-cordatae fimbriolatae minutae. Calyx fimbriolatus ob- 

 tuse dentatus petalis fere triplo brevior. Legumen nigrescens prui- 

 nosum brevissime stipitatum coriaceum marginatum fere ^" latum. 

 Semina immatura fere rotunda nigra strophiolo livido praedita. 



In tergis montium subalpinorum ad flumen Freestone River. 



50. Acacia microcarpa {Ferd. Mueller, Second Gen. Rep. p. 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 laevibus, seminibus parvis turgide ovatis 

 nitentibus nigro-fuscis pallide areolatis, strophiolo rotundo-ovato 

 acuminato vix dimidium seminis aequante. 



Ad margines fruticetorum ad Tumbey Bay, C. Wilhelmi. Ad fluraina 



Avoca et Murray. 

 Frutex pauci- v. plm*ipedalis patentim ramosissimus. Phyllodla uncialia 



et breviora 1^-3'" lata. Flores omnino desunt. Legumina f-1^" 



longa, circiter 1'" lata. Semina \"' paulo excedentia. Strophiolum 



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.] 



