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XL. LEGUMINOSJJ. 313 



Phyllodm I to 1 ill. long. Petals stron<?]y striate. 



%Lodia faintly nerved. Calyx shortly toothed. Pod thick 

 and hard, hooked at the end, tapering into a long stipes . . 172. ^. tramJucems. 



rhjllodia several-nerved. Sepals spathulate, free or separating, 

 i'od thmly coriaceous, flat with thickened parallel margins, 

 glutinous and villous 173 J 



imjpressa, 



r 



f- Ohgoneurse.— P%//^^;^ above i in. and mostly above 1 in, long, oblong lanceo- 

 T/l!! /r""'/ '^ '^. ^>: ^mr^^/y/a^^«/^, with 2 or 3 nerves, faintly or not at all veined 

 tetween them {exceed A. Simsii), and not glutinous {excejd A. subporosa). 



Flojver-hcaJs racemose. Phvllo.dia coriaceous, obtuse. 

 03'lloclia 2-nerved. Rower-heads loosely and irregularly race- 



PhTr ,^^^^^ ^l^^^-t. toothed . ; ...... . , .174.^.^;..;.^.^. 



ni.\Uodia3-nerved. rioncr-heads very shortly racemose. Se- 

 paJs distinct ute ^ .* • 



I'edmicles solitaiy or clustered. 

 %]lodia rigid, prominently S-nerved, rarely 2-nerved. 

 Ti n'"^' spathulale (Western species)/ 



pr! ] r"" ^1*"^ ^* ^^' ^'''^^" linear-cuncatfe-^ 176. A. niiidula. 



tiyliodia \\ to 3 in. long, linear-lanceolate or linear . , 177- A. heteroclita. 



PT. 11 /• 1 "^^^^ ^^^^^- Phyltodia long, linear (Eastern species) 178. A.elongala. 

 ^nyijodia Jess ngid, nerves 3 rarelv 2, less prominent, and often 

 veins between them. \ 



lutinous. Phyllodia marked with numerous glandular dots . ]79. A. subporosa. 

 ^^ot glutmolis nor dotted . ; 180. ^. SimsiL 



Durifrpnf '^^fj^^^^^^^^ and some allied species among Pungentes, have occasionally scarcely 



(113 ^'^ *^'^' bringing them near to A. heterocUta.) 

 closely' "^'^^^^^^f^j and 114, A. vernicifna, have usually- 2 prominent nerves, but are 



illl^A^^wf^ ^•^'^^ ^^^^ P^^^ ^^^^ ^""'^ 1-nerved species ;'both are glutinous.) 

 2 or 3 ' . ' ''^^^^"j 194, A, Iriophylla^ and sonie others of i\ Nervosa, have sometimes only 

 Ticrves, but usually either a greater number or they anastomose with each other.) 



£ ivr* 



or with ^^^^^^^^^' — Glabrous or gl a aeons and not gintinous. Fhgllodia thick, mnless 



'^i'yjine, scarcely proininent parallel teius, narrow or rarely short and ohovate, 



iSJnV^^"*^^^^"'^^^^"^ °^ •'^^'"os^ obovate, very obtuse, about I 



P]jyj| V °j/ iSl, J Jeptosjiermoides, 



PhvIlJ !r ^'^''f^^^'i^^^-cuueate, obtuse, f to IJ in. long . . . 190. A.farinosa. 



Eh"T''"^'^«^^'^^ 1 t^ 3 in. long 



Pod ^ r ^'^* ^''*^^*'' coriaceous, lonG;itndinallV striate . . 182. i. homalophylla. 

 Plovv.>.t .''^^^■^^'^^^^i^^^fl^t, tran^vcrsdV reticulate. . . . 183. A, pendnla. 

 PhS r '"^^^1*^ ...,../ 18^, A, Oswaldi, ' 



Phvilodi! y^' ^^^y ""'■''ow and rigid, li to 2 in. long . . . 185. A. lineolata. 

 .'uuuia linear 4 ff 1 o > » 



"J'iomahnear ^ fi 1 '^ ' * ° 



Veins nni •'•? -^""^^ ^^'^ ^"^'*^' 



^'eins vp ^ T^ '^^^'^^^ ^ ^^"^ (Westcfn species) . . . . . 



ivlWlia 1,7 ^°f *^"* prominent (Eastern species) ; i . . - 



186. A, conacea. 



P^vllJia r^ "^^f *^"* prominent (Eastern species) ; i . . - 187. A. stenophjlla, 

 ' ^i^^ar-lauceolate falcate, \ ft. long or more 200. A. liarpophylla. 



r. Ne 



Fhyl- 

 nerves 



X 1V 



^t>fl'/a &Ua^^^^'~~ ^^^^^^ viscid^ occadonaUy glaucous, rarely hoary or pubescent, 

 ^^^^y^henh ^J ^^'^^^'^^f^es falcate, coriaceous bf thin, with several prominent «c/*/r* 

 Sodium ;. ' 'reticulate between them, the nerves rarely reduced to 3 when the phyl- 



"^ IS narrow, 



Gl 



^too^r !*^i^*^^^''^ coriaceous, oblong-ciineate, obtuse; nerves 

 GUbrous] J^^^^^^ •••'.' . 188. ^. -^^^>«(?J^^. 



Diidrib Q \ ^*scid. Phyllodia linear, coriaceous with a prominent 



aad several fine parallel nerves 192. A, ^teroneura. 



