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Its botanical position is perhaps between A. hiuervata and A. 

 Jlavescenti, which latter it approaches in nervation of its ph341odes. 

 From the great size of this tree it was at first thought to be -4. 

 excelsa, but the nervation, size and shape of phyllodes as well as 

 the inflorescence and pods do not agree with that species. 



Analysis Showing A(fi.nities to and Differences from Cognate 



Species. 



A. EXCELSA. 



Size : A large forest tree. Branchlets terete, glabrous. Phyl- 

 lodes oblong, falcate, obtuse, inucronate, narrowed at the base, 2 to 

 3 inches long, J to | inch broad, thinly coriaceous, 5- to 7-nerved 

 or faintly veined between them. Inflorescence : Peduncles solitary 

 in pairs or clusters. Floivers 20 to 30, petals distinct, smooth; 

 sepals distinct; 5-merous. Pod 3 lines broad. Seed ovate, longi- 

 tudinal; funicle short and filiform, neither folded nor enlarged. 



A. LAURIFOLIA, Willd. 



Size : A tree. Brancldets scarcely angular. Phyllodes obliquely 

 ovate-oblong, 7-8 nerved, emarginate at the apex, and oblique at 

 the base. Inflorescence : Peduncles usually solitary. Pod falcate, 

 moniliform. 



A. Bakeri. 



Size : A large brush tree. Branchlets flattened, angular. 

 Phyllodes obtuse, broadly lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, 2 to 

 6 inches long, \ to 3 inches broad, thinly coriaceous, 2- or 3-nerved, 

 pinnately veined, margins thickened between the veins. Ivflor- 

 escence : Loose, elongated panicles or racemes, peduncles in clusterfi. 

 Flowers few, never more than 20, petals villous, sepals villous, 

 spathulate, 4:-merous. Pod nearly 6 lines liroad, thin, straight. 

 Seed ovate, longitudinal, funicle short and filiform, neither folded 

 nor enlarged. 



A. binervata. 



Size : A tree. Branchlets terete. Phyllodes as in A. Bakeri^ 

 but 3 nerves predominate. Inflorescence : Axillary racemes. 



