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continuing onward to near the apex, and so forming as it were 

 an intramarginal vein. Sometimes it passes the first gland, and 

 runs on to a second one near the middle of the phyllode. Yery 

 often the lower gland appears as though pathologically affected, and 

 then the upper edge of the phyllode has quite a geniculate-shaped 

 appearance. Racemes attenuated, shorter than the phyllodes, 

 with about 15 to 20 small globular heads of about 20 flowers, 

 mostly 5-merous, peduncles 2 to 3 lines. Calyx obtusely lobed, 

 thick at the edges, which are covered with cilia. Petals united 

 above the calyx, but eventuallj^ separating, glabrous, slightly 

 ribbed. Pod 7 to 8 inches long, moniliform, valves thinly 

 coriaceous, under 3 lines broad, convex over the seeds, much 

 narrowed between them. Seeds elongated, longitudinal, funicle 

 not folded, thickened under the seed into a club-shaped aril. 



Hah. — Tocumwal ; Cobar (Rev. J. M. Curran) ; Digilah, 

 Merrygoen (H. A. Patrick); Bylong (R.T.B.). 



This sjDecies pertains to the Section U n i n e r v e s of Ben- 

 tham's Table and the Subsection R a c e m o s fe, and, as will be 

 seen, its alliance is essentially with A. penninervis and A. micro- 

 hotrya; indeed the numerous foliage and bud specimens obtained 

 from time to time from various localities bore such a striking- 

 resemblance to one of the forms of the former species that they 

 were provisionally labelled A. peiminervis, Sieb. I have a very 

 complete series showing the variability of the first-named species, 

 so that 1 am able to speak with some certainty in regard to the 

 distinctive character or specific differences of this new species 

 from either the type or varieties of A. penninervis, Sieb. 



The " narrow-leaved " variety might easily be confused with a 

 corresponding form of A. penninervis occurring at Mogo. The 

 buds, too, are similar to those of A. penninervis. The secondary 

 nerve is also present as in ^. penninervis, but in this particular 

 species, as above mentioned, it is continued onward almost to the 

 apex after colliding as it were with the margin at one or other of 

 the two glands. I have on rare occasions found this to occur 

 also in some of the broad phyllodes of A. j^enninervis, Sieb. The 

 characters which at once separate it from that species are the 



