660 FLORA OF AUSTRALIA, 



in colour, as well as the keel and wings Calyx 1^ lines long, 

 glabrous. Pod sessile, about H inches long, 4 lines broad; seeds 

 oblique. 



Hab. — Country beyond the River Darling (Mrs. Helena Forde). 



This plant differs more especially from H. monophylla, Benth., 

 in the character of its leaves, which are light in colour, of a 

 uniform shape, membranous and showing scarcely any reticulation. 

 The flowers also are white wherever the plant grows, whether in 

 cultivation or its native habitat. It is now cultivated in many 

 private gardens, and is a very attractive plant with its long 

 panicles of white flowers. 



The flowers of H. monophylla are consistently blue, whilst the 

 leaves are variable in shape and size, coriaceous and strongly 

 reticulated — characters as above stated quite absent from H. alba. 



In regard to its habitat Mrs. H. Forde writes me :— " I never 

 found the plant growing on the frontage to the River Darling, 

 but procured it from the back country going towards Lake Victoria, 

 where many plants were found that did not grow on the river 

 frontages " 



Another point of difference from //. monophylla that might be 

 mentioned is that it often occurs as a shrub showing scarcety any 

 tendency to a climber (Rev. T. A. Alkin, M.A.) 



Acacia lineata, A. Cunn. — Mulwala, N.S.W., the most 

 westerly locality at present known (Mr. G. Wyburd). 



A. flexifolia, A. Cunn. — Reefton, North Temora, N.S.W. 

 (R. H. Cambage). 



A. difformis, Baker. — Wyalong, N.S.W., the most southern 

 locality recorded (R. H. Cambage). 



*A. leptopetala, Benth. ("Queensland Wattle"). — -A small 

 tree, 15-20 ft. high, with dense branching head, atNyngan, N.S.W. 

 (W. Bauerlen). The herbarium material agrees with Bentham's 

 description of the West Australian plant (B.FL ii. 370). This 

 is the first occasion it has been recorded as occurring in Eastern 



* Species marked with an asterisk have not previously been recorded 

 from New South Wales. 



