340 GIANT ACACIA FROM THE BRUNSWICK RIVER. 



Flowers about 20, petals smooth, sepals glabrous. Pod J inch 

 broad. Seed obovate, longitudinal, funicle folded and dilated 

 under seed. 



A. OVARIA. 



Size : A small tree. Branchlets angular. PhyUodes oblong, 

 falcate, 3-nerved, 2-3 inches long, J to 1 inch broad. Inflorescence : 

 Racemes short. Flowers 30, globose, petals smooth. Pod hard, 

 3 to"5jinches long, \-\ inch broad. Seed elongated, arillus almost 

 encircling the seed in a double fold. 



expla:nation of plate. 



Plate XXI. 



Acacia Bakeri. 



Fig. 1. — Flowering twig. 



Y\g. 2. — The large form of phyllocle, common in this species. 



Figs. 3 and 4.— Individual flowers in progressive stages. 



Fig. 5.— Pistil. 



Fig. 6.— Pod. 



Fig. 7. — Seed in dtti. 



Fig. 8. — Seed in longitudinal section. 



(Figs. 3, 4 and 5 enlarged.) 



