BY R T. BAKER. 573 



As there is no necessity to re-publish what in Bentham's descrip- 

 tion the plate fully bears out, I will only state in what respects 

 it differs somewhat, owing to the variability of the species. 



It is described as "a tall shrub," but it is very often to be seen 

 over 20 feet, and not uncommonly exceeding 30 feet in height, 

 with a diameter in proportion. 



The phyllodes often extend to 2 inches, particularly in plants 

 found in the northern districts; about 1£ inches in those in the 

 neighbourhood of Sydney, and 1 inch in southern examples. 



The racemes are given by Bentham as "about as long as" the 

 phyllodes, but I find them almost always longer in the living 

 state. They shrink very much in drying. 



The pod (" neglected by collectors in the majority of specimens 

 gathered") can scarcely be said to be "very flat"; it is light warm- 

 brown in colour, glabrous and rugose ; measuring 1 to 3 inches 

 long and \ to 1 inch broad. 



The seeds are at first transverse, but in some cases oblique and 

 longitudinal, along the centre; they appear to change their position 

 prior to falling. 



The coloured plate (Bot. Mag., Vol. lxiil, No. 3502) in no way 

 assists to identify the species. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE. 

 Plate xxxvii. 

 Branchlet collected at Canterbury, near Sydney, Aug. 1891 (nat. size). 

 Fig. 1. — Unexpanded flower (enlarged). 

 Fig. 2. — Expanded flower (enlarged). 

 Fig. 3.— Pistil (enlarged). 

 Fig. 4. — Various views of a stamen (enlarged). 

 Fig. 5. — Pollen grain (enlarged). 

 Fig. 6. — Twig with pod (Hurstville) (nat. size). 

 Fig. 7. — Pod from Snowy Mountains (nat. size). 

 Fig. S. — Seed (enlarged). 

 Figs. 9 and 10.— Extreme forms of phyllodes (nat. size) 



